πλῆθος
plethos
great number, multitude
Appears 463 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 463× · before him 199 · contemporaries 508
Frequency by work
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Politics 162 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 4 ▸
Book II 29 ▸
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30Chapter 11 1272b24–1273b26Book III 36 ▸
Chapter 9 1280a7–1281a10Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32Chapter 18 1288a32–1288b6Book IV 26 ▸
Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29Chapter 15 1299a3–1300b12Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15Book V 17 ▸
Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18Chapter 5 1304b19–1305a36Chapter 6 1305a37–1306b21Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14Chapter 12 1315b11–1316b27Book VI 19 ▸
Chapter 1 1316b31–1317a39Chapter 2 1317a40–1318a10Chapter 6 1320b18–1321a4Book VII 30 ▸
Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25Chapter 5 1326b26–1327a10Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18Chapter 12 1331a19–1331b23Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1340b20–1341b14 -
Metaphysics 72 ▸
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Meteorology 53 ▸
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History of Animals 41 ▸
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Generation of Animals 34 ▸
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Parts of Animals 17 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 3 642b21–644a11Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 7 652a24–653b18Book III 6 ▸
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Physics 13 ▸
Open Physics ›Book II 3 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 12 220a27–222a9Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 10 266a10–267b26 -
On the Heavens 11 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 8 276a18–277b26Book II 4 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 4 302b10–303b8 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 10 ▸
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On Colours 3 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 3 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1248b8–1249b25 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 3 ▸
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Rhetoric 3 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10 -
De Audibilibus 2 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 2 ▸
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Mechanica 2 ▸
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Poetics 2 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 2 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 1 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 22 82b37–84b2 -
Prior Analytics 1 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 25 41b36–42b26 -
Categories 1 ▸
Open Categories ›Chapter 8 8b25–11a39 -
De Anima 1 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 2 403b20–405b30 -
De Mundo 1 ▸
Open De Mundo ›Chapter 2 391b9–392b13 -
Progression of Animals 1 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 16 713a26–713b20 -
On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 3 460b28–462b11 -
On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
Open On Length and Shortness of Life ›Chapter 5 466a17–467a5 -
Movement of Animals 1 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 3 699a12–699b11 -
Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
Open Sense and Sensibilia ›Chapter 3 439a6–440b25 -
On Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Sleep ›Chapter 3 456a30–458a32
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