σπέρμα
sperma
seed
Appears 320 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 320× · before him 65 · contemporaries 152
Frequency by work
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Generation of Animals 230 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 111 ▸
Chapter 1 715a1–715b30Chapter 2 716a1–716b12Chapter 5 717b14–32Chapter 7 718a17–34Chapter 8 718a35–718b26Chapter 12 719a30–719b28Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Chapter 17 721a30–721b35Chapter 18 722a1–726a27Chapter 19 726a28–727b32Chapter 20 727b33–729a33Book II 61 ▸
Chapter 1 731b18–735a28Chapter 4 737b8–741a5Chapter 6 741b25–745b20Chapter 7 745b21–747a22Book III 18 ▸
Book IV 39 ▸
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 7 786b7–788b2 -
History of Animals 31 ▸
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Metaphysics 21 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 1 ▸
Chapter 3 983a24–984b22Book Δ 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1013a24–1014a25Book Η 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1044a15–1044b20Book Ι 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1058a29–1058b25 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 3 ▸
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Meteorology 2 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 1 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 17 99a1–99b8 -
On the Heavens 1 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 3 302a10–302b9 -
De Anima 1 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 1 412a3–413a10 -
De Mundo 1 ▸
Open De Mundo ›Chapter 6 397b7–401a11 -
Nicomachean Ethics 1 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23 -
On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 2 459a23–460b27 -
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 11 703b3–704b3 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 119 841b28–842a4 -
Politics 1 ▸
Open Politics ›Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2 -
Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
Open Sense and Sensibilia ›Chapter 3 439a6–440b25
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