περισσός
perissos
beyond the regular number or size, prodigious
Appears 124 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 124× · before him 51 · contemporaries 115
Frequency by work
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Metaphysics 26 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 5 ▸
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Politics 7 ▸
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Categories 4 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 4 ▸
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Physics 4 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 5 188a19–189a10Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 2 193b22–194b15Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 4 202b30–204a7Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 12 220a27–222a9 -
Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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Generation of Animals 3 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29 -
Sophistical Refutations 3 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 2 ▸
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Progression of Animals 2 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 2 ▸
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On the Heavens 1 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 9 290b12–291a28 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 100 838b12–29 -
Poetics 1 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5 -
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1 ▸
Open De Virtutibus et Vitiis ›Chapter 6 1250b19–1251a18
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