στοιχεῖον
stoicheion
the shadow of the gnomon, the length of which in feet indicated the time of day
Appears 422 times across Aristotle's works.
rare before Aristotle — in Aristotle 422× · before him 3 · contemporaries 86
Frequency by work
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Metaphysics 167 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 28 ▸
Chapter 3 983a24–984b22Chapter 7 988a18–988b21Book Β 14 ▸
Book Δ 15 ▸
Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1025b3–1026a32Book Ζ 18 ▸
Book Ι 7 ▸
Book Κ 8 ▸
Book Λ 18 ▸
Book Μ 28 ▸
Book Ν 24 ▸
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On the Heavens 78 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 7 ▸
Book III 68 ▸
Chapter 5 303b9–304b22Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 2 308a34–310a15 -
On Generation and Corruption 38 ▸
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De Anima 35 ▸
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Physics 23 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 8 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 3 194b16–195b30Book III 10 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 4 254b7–256a3 -
Meteorology 16 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 8 ▸
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Topics 12 ▸
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De Mundo 4 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 3 ▸
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Poetics 3 ▸
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Politics 3 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38 -
Categories 2 ▸
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On Colours 2 ▸
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Movement of Animals 1 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 11 703b3–704b3
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Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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