Aristotle, Ars Poetica 14

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186 lemmas; 507 tokens (10,745 in work)
word shortdef count work (freq.) corpus core
the 75 1,435 (1335.5) (1391.018) (1055.57)
καί and, also 20 593 (551.88) (544.579) (426.61)
δέ but 18 384 (357.38) (249.629) (351.92)
εἰμί to be 11 307 (285.71) (217.261) (145.55)
ὅς who, that, which: relative pronoun 6 224 (208.47) (208.764) (194.16)
γάρ for 9 193 (179.62) (110.606) (74.4)
μέν on the one hand, on the other hand 9 183 (170.31) (109.727) (118.8)
οὗτος this; that 9 158 (147.05) (133.027) (121.95)
λέγω to pick; to say 6 132 (122.85) (90.021) (57.06)
ἐν in, among. c. dat. 9 130 (120.99) (118.207) (88.06)
either..or; than 9 105 (97.72) (34.073) (23.24)
αὐτός unemph. 3rd pers.pronoun; -self; [the] same 4 104 (96.79) (173.647) (126.45)
οἷος (such a kind) as; for οἷός τε see οἷος III.2 5 104 (96.79) (16.105) (11.17)
τις any one, any thing, some one, some thing; 5 104 (96.79) (97.86) (78.95)
τίη why? wherefore? 4 102 (94.93) (26.493) (13.95)
ποιέω to make, to do 6 93 (86.55) (29.319) (37.03)
οὐ not 8 91 (84.69) (104.879) (82.22)
ἐκ from out of 3 84 (78.18) (54.157) (51.9)
κατά down, against with gen.; according to, throughout with acc. 1 78 (72.59) (76.461) (54.75)
ἔχω to have 2 71 (66.08) (48.945) (46.31)
γίγνομαι become, be born 3 70 (65.15) (53.204) (45.52)
τραγῳδία a tragedy 4 70 (65.15) (0.219) (0.74)
διά through c. gen.; because of c. acc. 5 67 (62.35) (56.77) (30.67)
ἄλλος other, another 2 62 (57.7) (40.264) (43.75)
δεῖ it is necessary 5 62 (57.7) (13.387) (11.02)
δέω to bind, tie, fetter 5 59 (54.91) (17.994) (15.68)
δέω2 to lack, miss, stand in need of 5 59 (54.91) (17.692) (15.52)
περί around, round about with gen., dat., and acc. 2 58 (53.98) (44.62) (43.23)
μή not 5 56 (52.12) (50.606) (37.36)
ὥσπερ just as if, even as 2 56 (52.12) (13.207) (6.63)
οὖν so, then, therefore 7 55 (51.19) (34.84) (23.41)
τοιοῦτος such as this 4 53 (49.33) (20.677) (14.9)
ὡς as, how 1 51 (47.46) (68.814) (63.16)
μῦθος anything, delivered by word of mouth, word, speech 5 49 (45.6) (0.907) (3.58)
πρός (w. gen.) from; (w. dat.) at, near, in addition to; (w. acc.) to, toward, regarding 1 49 (45.6) (56.75) (56.58)
τε and 2 49 (45.6) (62.106) (115.18)
ἄν modal particle 3 46 (42.81) (32.618) (38.42)
εἰ conj. if, whether; part. w/wishes, adv. w/imperatives 2 44 (40.95) (50.199) (32.23)
ἐπί on, upon with gen., dat., and acc. 1 44 (40.95) (64.142) (59.77)
πολύς much, many 1 44 (40.95) (35.28) (44.3)
ἀλλά otherwise, but 2 41 (38.16) (54.595) (46.87)
ἐάν if 1 39 (36.3) (23.689) (20.31)
μίμησις imitation 1 39 (36.3) (0.208) (0.51)
ποιητής one who makes, a maker 2 37 (34.43) (1.39) (1.28)
οὐδείς not one, nobody 3 36 (33.5) (19.346) (18.91)
πρᾶξις a doing, transaction, business 2 35 (32.57) (2.288) (3.51)
πρότερος before, earlier 1 33 (30.71) (25.424) (23.72)
πράσσω do, (w. adv) fare, (mid.) charge payment 7 31 (28.85) (4.909) (7.73)
ἀπό from, away from. c. gen. 4 30 (27.92) (30.074) (22.12)
ὅσος as much/many as 1 30 (27.92) (13.469) (13.23)
ἔτι yet, as yet, still, besides 1 27 (25.13) (11.058) (14.57)
πᾶς all, the whole 1 26 (24.2) (59.665) (51.63)
οὕτως so, in this manner 2 25 (23.27) (28.875) (14.91)
ὅμοιος like, resembling 1 24 (22.34) (10.645) (5.05)
μόνος alone, left alone, forsaken solitary 1 23 (21.41) (19.178) (9.89)
συμβαίνω meet, agree, happen 2 23 (21.41) (9.032) (7.24)
ΑΒΓ ABC and any other geometric figure 1 23 (21.41) (63.859) (4.86)
διό wherefore, on which account 1 22 (20.47) (5.73) (5.96)
ἐρῶ [I will say] 2 22 (20.47) (8.435) (3.94)
ἐπεί after, since, when 1 21 (19.54) (19.86) (21.4)
καλός beautiful 2 21 (19.54) (9.11) (12.96)
παρά from the side of, c. gen., beside, alongside of, c. dat., to the side of, motion alongside of, c. acc. 2 21 (19.54) (22.709) (26.08)
χράω to fall upon, attack, assail 1 21 (19.54) (5.601) (4.92)
χράομαι use, experience 1 20 (18.61) (5.93) (6.1)
ἀναγνώρισις recognition 1 19 (17.68) (0.022) (0.14)
οὔτε neither / nor 2 19 (17.68) (13.727) (16.2)
πρᾶγμα that which has been done, a deed, act 4 19 (17.68) (6.869) (8.08)
χράω2 proclaim an oracle, (rare) furnish; mid.: consult an oracle, lend 1 19 (17.68) (5.448) (5.3)
ἀνάγκη force, constraint, necessity 2 18 (16.75) (8.208) (3.67)
ὑπό from under, by, c. gen. under, c. dat., towards c. acc. 2 18 (16.75) (26.85) (24.12)
τέχνη art, skill, craft in work, cunning of hand 1 17 (15.82) (3.221) (1.81)
ὥστε so that 1 17 (15.82) (10.717) (9.47)
βελτίων better 1 16 (14.89) (1.81) (1.12)
συνίστημι to set together, combine, associate, unite, band together 1 16 (14.89) (2.685) (1.99)
ἄνευ without 1 15 (13.96) (2.542) (1.84)
ὁράω to see 1 15 (13.96) (16.42) (18.27)
τίς who? which? 1 15 (13.96) (21.895) (15.87)
ἀναγνωρίζω recognize 5 14 (13.03) (0.022) (0.1)
σύστασις a putting together, composition 2 14 (13.03) (0.753) (0.39)
φαίνω to bring to light, make to appear 1 14 (13.03) (8.435) (8.04)
χραύω to scrape, graze, wound slightly 1 14 (13.03) (3.114) (2.65)
φανερός open to sight, visible, manifest, evident 1 13 (12.1) (2.734) (1.67)
Οἰδίπους Oedipus 2 11 (10.24) (0.131) (0.89)
οἰκεῖος in or of the house 1 11 (10.24) (5.153) (2.94)
ὅταν when, whenever 1 11 (10.24) (9.255) (4.07)
γένος race, stock, family 1 10 (9.31) (8.844) (3.31)
οἶδα to know 3 10 (9.31) (9.863) (11.77)
ὄψις look, appearance, aspect 3 10 (9.31) (2.378) (1.7)
χείρων worse, meaner, inferior 1 10 (9.31) (1.4) (1.07)
Ὀρέστης Orestes; pl., the Orestae, an Epirot people 1 10 (9.31) (0.148) (0.32)
δεύτερος second 1 9 (8.38) (6.183) (3.08)
μέλλω to think of doing, intend to do, to be about to do 6 9 (8.38) (5.491) (7.79)
πάθος anything that befalls one, an incident, accident 3 9 (8.38) (4.93) (0.86)
παρασκευάζω to get ready, prepare 4 9 (8.38) (1.336) (3.27)
Σοφοκλέης Sophocles 1 9 (8.38) (0.165) (0.18)
Εὐριπίδης Euripides 1 9 (8.38) (0.232) (0.33)
ἀλλήλων of one another, to one another, one another 1 8 (7.45) (7.784) (7.56)
ἐλεεινός finding pity, pitied 2 8 (7.45) (0.104) (0.3)
Ἰφιγένεια strong-born 1 8 (7.45) (0.021) (0.07)
Ὀδυσσεύς Odysseus 1 8 (7.45) (0.877) (5.59)
ποιός of a certain nature, kind 2 8 (7.45) (3.169) (2.06)
ποῖος of what nature? of what sort? 2 8 (7.45) (2.531) (2.35)
ἀποκτείνω to kill, slay 5 7 (6.51) (1.322) (2.39)
γνωρίζω to make known, point out, explain 2 7 (6.51) (1.012) (0.3)
δράω to do 1 7 (6.51) (1.634) (2.55)
ἔξω out 1 7 (6.51) (2.334) (2.13)
ἡδονή delight, enjoyment, pleasure 2 7 (6.51) (3.069) (1.42)
ἱκανός becoming, befitting, sufficing 1 7 (6.51) (2.65) (2.84)
καθά according as, just as 1 7 (6.51) (5.439) (4.28)
λύω to loose 1 7 (6.51) (2.411) (3.06)
ὅσπερ the very man who, the very thing which 2 7 (6.51) (5.806) (1.8)
τρίτος the third 1 7 (6.51) (4.486) (2.33)
υἱός a son 5 7 (6.51) (7.898) (7.64)
φοβερός fearful 2 7 (6.51) (0.492) (0.58)
φόβος fear, panic, flight 1 7 (6.51) (1.426) (2.23)
ἄλλως in another way 1 6 (5.58) (3.069) (1.79)
ἀποθνῄσκω to die, be killed 1 6 (5.58) (4.322) (6.41)
δρᾶμα a deed, act 1 6 (5.58) (0.246) (0.13)
ζητέω to seek, seek for 3 6 (5.58) (5.036) (1.78)
τραγικός (goat-like); tragic, majestic, pompous 1 6 (5.58) (0.097) (0.13)
ἀγνοέω not to perceive, be ignorant of 2 5 (4.65) (1.829) (1.05)
ἄτεχνος without art, ignorant of the rules of art, unskilled, empirical 1 5 (4.65) (0.184) (0.27)
γιγνώσκω to learn to know, to perceive, mark, learn 2 5 (4.65) (6.8) (5.5)
δεινός fearful, terrible, dread, dire 2 5 (4.65) (2.355) (5.24)
ἐλεός a kitchen-table, a board on which meat was cut up, a dresser 1 5 (4.65) (0.141) (0.16)
ἔλεος pity, mercy, compassion 1 5 (4.65) (0.389) (0.25)
εὑρίσκω to find 2 5 (4.65) (6.155) (4.65)
λαμβάνω to take, seize, receive 1 5 (4.65) (15.895) (13.47)
πάσχω to experience, to suffer 1 5 (4.65) (6.528) (5.59)
σαφής clear, plain, distinct, manifest 1 5 (4.65) (3.279) (2.18)
ὕστερον the afterbirth 1 5 (4.65) (2.598) (2.47)
ἀδελφή a sister 1 4 (3.72) (0.542) (0.56)
ἀδελφός sons of the same mother 3 4 (3.72) (2.887) (2.55)
ἀκούω to hear 2 4 (3.72) (6.886) (9.12)
ἀνά up, upon 1 4 (3.72) (4.693) (6.06)
ἐχθρός hated, hateful; enemy 3 4 (3.72) (1.678) (2.39)
μήτηρ a mother 3 4 (3.72) (2.499) (4.41)
πλήν except 1 4 (3.72) (2.523) (3.25)
ἄγνοια want of perception, ignorance 1 3 (2.79) (0.718) (0.68)
κοινωνέω to have or do in common with 1 3 (2.79) (0.907) (0.75)
μηδέτερος neither of the two 2 3 (2.79) (0.201) (0.21)
μιαρός stained 2 3 (2.79) (0.128) (0.16)
ὀλιγάκις but few times, seldom 1 3 (2.79) (0.118) (0.07)
πρίν before; (after negated main clause) until 1 3 (2.79) (2.157) (5.09)
πρόσειμι be there (in addition) 1 3 (2.79) (0.784) (0.64)
τύχη (good) fortune, luck, chance 1 3 (2.79) (1.898) (2.33)
φιλία friendly love, affection, friendship 2 3 (2.79) (1.063) (1.44)
Ἀλκμαίων Alcmaeon 2 3 (2.79) (0.05) (0.1)
ἀναγκάζω to force, compel 1 2 (1.86) (1.36) (2.82)
δείκνυμι to show 1 2 (1.86) (13.835) (3.57)
ἐκδίδωμι to give up, surrender 1 2 (1.86) (0.425) (0.79)
ἐκπληκτικός striking with consternation, astounding 1 2 (1.86) (0.013) (0.1)
ζητητέος to be sought 1 2 (1.86) (0.206) (0.09)
οἰκία a building, house, dwelling 1 2 (1.86) (1.979) (2.07)
παῖς a child 1 2 (1.86) (5.845) (12.09)
παλαιός old in years 1 2 (1.86) (2.149) (1.56)
παραδίδωμι to hand over, to surrender 1 2 (1.86) (2.566) (2.66)
φίλος friend; loved, beloved, dear 1 2 (1.86) (4.36) (12.78)
Μήδεια Medea 1 2 (1.86) (0.087) (0.29)
Αἵμων Haemon 1 1 (0.93) (0.01) (0.05)
ἀμείνων better, abler, stronger, braver 1 1 (0.93) (1.486) (1.76)
ἀνήκεστος not to be healed, incurable, irreparable, fatal 1 1 (0.93) (0.107) (0.3)
ἀπαθής not suffering 1 1 (0.93) (0.426) (0.13)
ἀπαντάω to meet 1 1 (0.93) (0.895) (0.92)
ἐγγίγνομαι to be born or bred in; be innate, be native 1 1 (0.93) (0.594) (0.73)
ἐλεᾶς a kind of owl 1 1 (0.93) (0.019) (0.02)
ἐλεέω to have pity on, shew mercy upon 1 1 (0.93) (0.39) (0.49)
ἐμποιέω to make in 1 1 (0.93) (0.403) (0.38)
κράτιστος strongest, mightiest 1 1 (0.93) (0.345) (0.75)
Κρέων Creon 1 1 (0.93) (0.054) (0.42)
οἰκτρός pitiable, in piteous plight 1 1 (0.93) (0.115) (0.17)
πάλαι long ago, in olden time, in days of yore, in time gone by 1 1 (0.93) (1.431) (1.76)
παραλαμβάνω to receive from 1 1 (0.93) (1.745) (2.14)
πατήρ a father 1 1 (0.93) (9.224) (10.48)
συμπίπτω to fall together, meet in battle, come to blows 1 1 (0.93) (0.559) (0.74)
τελευταῖος last 1 1 (0.93) (0.835) (1.17)
τερατώδης portentous 1 1 (0.93) (0.028) (0.01)
τραυματίας wounded man 1 1 (0.93) (0.061) (0.08)
φρίσσω to be rough; bristle; shudder 1 1 (0.93) (0.1) (0.21)
χορηγία office or λῃτουργία of a χορηγός 1 1 (0.93) (0.179) (0.69)
Ἀντιγόνη Antigone 1 1 (0.93) (0.037) (0.32)
Κλυταιμνήστρα Clytaemnestra 1 1 (0.93) (0.039) (0.05)
Τηλέγονος Telegonus 1 1 (0.93) (0.007) (0.01)
Ποίας Poeas, father of Philoctetes 1 1 (0.93) (0.038) (0.01)
Ἐριφύλη Eriphyle 1 1 (0.93) (0.023) (0.03)
Κρεσφόντης Cresphontes 1 1 (0.93) (0.021) (0.01)

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