πλεῖστος
pleistos
most, greatest, largest
Appears 608 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 608× · before him 329 · contemporaries 1,447
Frequency by work
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History of Animals 189 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 9 ▸
Book II 20 ▸
Book III 12 ▸
Chapter 2 511b1–512b11Chapter 5 515a27–515b26Chapter 6 515b27–516a7Chapter 9 517a6–517b2Chapter 11 517b21–518b34Chapter 17 520a6–520b2Chapter 19 520b10–521b3Chapter 20 521b4–522b5Chapter 21 522b6–523a12Chapter 22 523a13–27Book IV 12 ▸
Book V 27 ▸
Chapter 1 538b28–539b16Chapter 5 540b6–541a34Chapter 9 542b17–543a13Chapter 13 544a25–544b11Chapter 16 548a22–549a13Chapter 21 553a17–553b6Chapter 33 557b32–558a24Book VI 38 ▸
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3Chapter 7 563b14–564a6Chapter 11 566a2–566b1Chapter 29 578b6–579a17Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Chapter 34 580a6–10Chapter 35 580a11–31Book VII 25 ▸
Chapter 7 586a15–30Chapter 9 586b27–587a8Chapter 10 587a9–587b18Book VIII 27 ▸
Chapter 1 588a16–589a9Chapter 9 596a3–12Chapter 17 600a27–601a22Chapter 24 604a22–605a15Chapter 27 605b6–21Chapter 29 607a9–34Book IX 19 ▸
Chapter 11 614b31–615a19Chapter 13 615b19–616a13Chapter 28 617b31–618a7Chapter 29 618a8–30Chapter 30 618a31–618b8Chapter 32 618b18–619b12Chapter 42 628b32–629a28Chapter 48 631a8–631b4 -
Politics 74 ▸
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Generation of Animals 50 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 19 ▸
Chapter 1 715a1–715b30Chapter 4 717a11–717b13Chapter 11 718b36–719a29Chapter 14 720b2–14Chapter 19 726a28–727b32Book II 7 ▸
Book III 7 ▸
Book IV 12 ▸
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Meteorology 48 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 15 ▸
Book II 22 ▸
Chapter 1 353a32–354a34Chapter 2 354b1–356b3Chapter 9 369a10–370a33Book III 6 ▸
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Parts of Animals 34 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 28 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 3 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1113a15–1113b2Book IV 3 ▸
Book VII 4 ▸
Book VIII 8 ▸
Book IX 5 ▸
Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23 -
Topics 28 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 11 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 113b15–114a25Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 2 117a5–118a26Book VI 3 ▸
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Rhetoric 21 ▸
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On the Heavens 17 ▸
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Metaphysics 17 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Δ 5 ▸
Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1026a33–1027a28Book Ζ 1 ▸
Chapter 16 1040b5–1041a5Book Κ 1 ▸
Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14Book Λ 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4 -
Eudemian Ethics 13 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1215a20–1215b14Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33Book III 5 ▸
Book VII 5 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1248b8–1249b25 -
Physics 9 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 4 195b31–196b9Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 4 202b30–204a7Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 3 226b18–227b2Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 9 239b5–240b7Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 8 261b27–265a12 -
De Mundo 4 ▸
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Mechanica 4 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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De Audibilibus 3 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 3 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 334b30–335a23 -
Physiognomonics 3 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 2 ▸
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Prior Analytics 2 ▸
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Progression of Animals 2 ▸
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Oeconomica 2 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2 ▸
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On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 3 460b28–462b11 -
De Interpretatione 1 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 14 23a27–24b9 -
De Lineis Insecabilibus 1 ▸
Open De Lineis Insecabilibus ›Chapter 1 968a1–972b33 -
Movement of Animals 1 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 11 703b3–704b3 -
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 4 977b21–979a11
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