Aristotle, Ars Poetica 15

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170 lemmas; 409 tokens (10,745 in work)
word shortdef count work (freq.) corpus core
the 60 1,435 (1335.5) (1391.018) (1055.57)
καί and, also 22 593 (551.88) (544.579) (426.61)
δέ but 15 384 (357.38) (249.629) (351.92)
εἰμί to be 13 307 (285.71) (217.261) (145.55)
ὅς who, that, which: relative pronoun 8 224 (208.47) (208.764) (194.16)
γάρ for 8 193 (179.62) (110.606) (74.4)
μέν on the one hand, on the other hand 6 183 (170.31) (109.727) (118.8)
οὗτος this; that 6 158 (147.05) (133.027) (121.95)
λέγω to pick; to say 4 132 (122.85) (90.021) (57.06)
ἐν in, among. c. dat. 11 130 (120.99) (118.207) (88.06)
either..or; than 5 105 (97.72) (34.073) (23.24)
αὐτός unemph. 3rd pers.pronoun; -self; [the] same 3 104 (96.79) (173.647) (126.45)
οἷος (such a kind) as; for οἷός τε see οἷος III.2 4 104 (96.79) (16.105) (11.17)
τις any one, any thing, some one, some thing; 2 104 (96.79) (97.86) (78.95)
τίη why? wherefore? 7 102 (94.93) (26.493) (13.95)
ποιέω to make, to do 4 93 (86.55) (29.319) (37.03)
οὐ not 2 91 (84.69) (104.879) (82.22)
ἐκ from out of 2 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 2 70 (65.15) (53.204) (45.52)
τραγῳδία a tragedy 2 70 (65.15) (0.219) (0.74)
ἄλλος other, another 1 62 (57.7) (40.264) (43.75)
δεῖ it is necessary 6 62 (57.7) (13.387) (11.02)
δέω to bind, tie, fetter 7 59 (54.91) (17.994) (15.68)
δέω2 to lack, miss, stand in need of 7 59 (54.91) (17.692) (15.52)
περί around, round about with gen., dat., and acc. 3 58 (53.98) (44.62) (43.23)
μή not 4 56 (52.12) (50.606) (37.36)
ὅς2 [possessive pronoun] 3 56 (52.12) (47.672) (39.01)
ὥσπερ just as if, even as 4 56 (52.12) (13.207) (6.63)
οὖν so, then, therefore 1 55 (51.19) (34.84) (23.41)
τοιοῦτος such as this 4 53 (49.33) (20.677) (14.9)
εἷς one 1 50 (46.53) (23.591) (10.36)
μῦθος anything, delivered by word of mouth, word, speech 2 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)
ὅτι adv. + superl., as...as possible; ὅτι μή except 1 46 (42.81) (49.106) (23.97)
ὅτι2 conj.: that, because 1 45 (41.88) (49.49) (23.92)
εἰ conj. if, whether; part. w/wishes, adv. w/imperatives 1 44 (40.95) (50.199) (32.23)
ἐπί on, upon with gen., dat., and acc. 2 44 (40.95) (64.142) (59.77)
ἀλλά otherwise, but 1 41 (38.16) (54.595) (46.87)
ἐάν if 4 39 (36.3) (23.689) (20.31)
μίμησις imitation 2 39 (36.3) (0.208) (0.51)
ποιητής one who makes, a maker 1 37 (34.43) (1.39) (1.28)
οὐδείς not one, nobody 1 36 (33.5) (19.346) (18.91)
πρᾶξις a doing, transaction, business 1 35 (32.57) (2.288) (3.51)
μιμέομαι to mimic, imitate, represent, portray 2 33 (30.71) (0.689) (0.96)
πρότερος before, earlier 1 33 (30.71) (25.424) (23.72)
λόγος the word 2 32 (29.78) (29.19) (16.1)
πράσσω do, (w. adv) fare, (mid.) charge payment 1 31 (28.85) (4.909) (7.73)
ἀπό from, away from. c. gen. 1 30 (27.92) (30.074) (22.12)
ὅσος as much/many as 2 30 (27.92) (13.469) (13.23)
ἔοικα to be like; to look like 4 29 (26.99) (4.169) (5.93)
ὅλος whole, entire, complete in all its parts 1 29 (26.99) (13.567) (4.4)
οὕτως so, in this manner 1 25 (23.27) (28.875) (14.91)
πρῶτος first 1 25 (23.27) (18.707) (16.57)
ὅμοιος like, resembling 2 24 (22.34) (10.645) (5.05)
μετά (w gen) with, among; (w acc) after 1 23 (21.41) (21.235) (25.5)
συμβαίνω meet, agree, happen 1 23 (21.41) (9.032) (7.24)
ἐρῶ [I will say] 1 22 (20.47) (8.435) (3.94)
ἦθος custom, character 8 22 (20.47) (0.735) (0.82)
ἐπεί after, since, when 1 21 (19.54) (19.86) (21.4)
ἕτερος the one; the other (of two) 1 21 (19.54) (18.33) (7.31)
καλός beautiful 1 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. 1 21 (19.54) (22.709) (26.08)
ἅπας quite all, the whole 1 20 (18.61) (10.904) (7.0)
χράομαι use, experience 1 20 (18.61) (5.93) (6.1)
πρᾶγμα that which has been done, a deed, act 2 19 (17.68) (6.869) (8.08)
ἀνάγκη force, constraint, necessity 1 18 (16.75) (8.208) (3.67)
ἕκαστος every, every one, each, each one 1 18 (16.75) (12.667) (11.08)
ὥστε so that 1 17 (15.82) (10.717) (9.47)
βελτίων better 1 16 (14.89) (1.81) (1.12)
ἐκεῖνος that over there, that 1 15 (13.96) (22.812) (17.62)
ὁράω to see 1 15 (13.96) (16.42) (18.27)
σύστασις a putting together, composition 1 14 (13.03) (0.753) (0.39)
ἁρμόζω to fit together, join 4 13 (12.1) (1.185) (1.18)
ἵημι to set a going, put in motion 1 13 (12.1) (12.618) (6.1)
Ὅμηρος Homer 1 13 (12.1) (1.178) (1.21)
φανερός open to sight, visible, manifest, evident 2 13 (12.1) (2.734) (1.67)
φαῦλος slight, indifferent, trivial, common, simple 3 13 (12.1) (1.387) (0.76)
γε at least, at any rate 1 12 (11.17) (24.174) (31.72)
ποιητικός capable of making, creative, productive 1 12 (11.17) (1.437) (0.18)
ἐγώ I (first person pronoun) 1 11 (10.24) (54.345) (87.02)
Ἰλιάς of Troy, the Troad territory; the Iliad 1 11 (10.24) (0.129) (0.14)
Οἰδίπους Oedipus 1 11 (10.24) (0.131) (0.89)
ἄλογος without 1 10 (9.31) (1.824) (0.47)
ἄνθρωπος man, person, human 1 10 (9.31) (19.466) (11.67)
γένος race, stock, family 1 10 (9.31) (8.844) (3.31)
οἶδα to know 1 10 (9.31) (9.863) (11.77)
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)
ἠθέω to sift, strain 1 9 (8.38) (0.159) (0.21)
Σοφοκλέης Sophocles 1 9 (8.38) (0.165) (0.18)
ἀγαθός good 1 8 (7.45) (9.864) (6.93)
ἀναγκαῖον a place of constraint, a prison 3 8 (7.45) (1.907) (0.49)
δή [interactional particle: S&H on same page] 1 8 (7.45) (17.728) (33.0)
ἴδιος one's own, pertaining to oneself 1 8 (7.45) (7.241) (5.17)
ἴσος equal to, the same as; adv. perhaps 1 8 (7.45) (9.107) (4.91)
Ἰφιγένεια strong-born 1 8 (7.45) (0.021) (0.07)
λύσις a loosing, setting free, releasing, ransoming 1 8 (7.45) (0.705) (0.23)
Ὀδυσσεύς Odysseus 1 8 (7.45) (0.877) (5.59)
ἀεί always, for ever 1 7 (6.51) (7.241) (8.18)
ἁμαρτάνω to miss, miss the mark 1 7 (6.51) (1.623) (1.45)
ἔξω out 2 7 (6.51) (2.334) (2.13)
ἱκανός becoming, befitting, sufficing 1 7 (6.51) (2.65) (2.84)
τέταρτος fourth 1 7 (6.51) (1.676) (0.89)
τρίτος the third 1 7 (6.51) (4.486) (2.33)
ἀκολουθέω to follow 1 6 (5.58) (1.679) (0.69)
δρᾶμα a deed, act 1 6 (5.58) (0.246) (0.13)
ζητέω to seek, seek for 1 6 (5.58) (5.036) (1.78)
παράδειγμα a pattern 2 6 (5.58) (1.433) (0.41)
δεινός fearful, terrible, dread, dire 1 5 (4.65) (2.355) (5.24)
θεός god 1 5 (4.65) (26.466) (19.54)
ἴσως equally, in like manner 1 5 (4.65) (2.15) (1.68)
μηδείς (and not one); not one, no-one 1 5 (4.65) (8.165) (6.35)
πρό before 1 5 (4.65) (5.786) (4.33)
ὕστερον the afterbirth 1 5 (4.65) (2.598) (2.47)
χρηστός useful, good of its kind, serviceable 5 5 (4.65) (0.984) (0.97)
Ἀγάθων Agathon 1 5 (4.65) (0.071) (0.53)
γυνή a woman 2 4 (3.72) (6.224) (8.98)
καίτοι and indeed, and further; and yet 1 4 (3.72) (2.582) (1.38)
πολλάκις many times, often, oft 1 4 (3.72) (3.702) (1.91)
στοχάζομαι to aim 1 4 (3.72) (0.271) (0.3)
ἀνώμαλος uneven, irregular 3 3 (2.79) (0.362) (0.04)
ἀποδίδωμι to give back, give what is due; (mid.) sell 2 3 (2.79) (2.863) (2.91)
ἀπρεπής unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, indecorous 1 3 (2.79) (0.083) (0.14)
Ἀχιλλεύς Achilles 1 3 (2.79) (0.6) (3.08)
γράφω to scratch, draw, write 1 3 (2.79) (7.064) (2.6)
ὅπως how, that, in order that, as 1 3 (2.79) (4.748) (5.64)
πονηρία a bad state 1 3 (2.79) (0.356) (0.27)
ῥῆσις a saying, speaking, speech 1 3 (2.79) (0.488) (0.13)
ὑποτίθημι to place under, to suggest 1 3 (2.79) (1.68) (0.55)
ὕστερος latter, last 1 3 (2.79) (1.506) (1.39)
χρή it is fated, necessary 1 3 (2.79) (6.22) (4.12)
αἴσθησις perception by the senses 1 2 (1.86) (4.649) (0.28)
ἀναγκαῖος necessary, forcible (subst. kin, necessities for life) 1 2 (1.86) (3.387) (1.63)
ἀνδρεῖος of or for a man; courageous 1 2 (1.86) (0.537) (0.43)
ἀπόπλοος (n) a sailing away 1 2 (1.86) (0.045) (0.07)
ἐκδίδωμι to give up, surrender 1 2 (1.86) (0.425) (0.79)
θρῆνος a funeral-song, dirge, lament 1 2 (1.86) (0.18) (0.18)
Μενέλαος Menelaos 1 2 (1.86) (0.326) (1.6)
μηχανή an instrument, machine 2 2 (1.86) (0.37) (0.68)
μορφή form, shape 1 2 (1.86) (0.748) (0.22)
ὁμαλός even, level 2 2 (1.86) (0.41) (0.19)
ὅμως all the same, nevertheless 1 2 (1.86) (2.105) (2.59)
ὁμῶς equally, likewise, alike 1 2 (1.86) (1.852) (2.63)
προαίρεσις a choosing 1 2 (1.86) (0.951) (1.23)
Σκύλλα Scylla 1 2 (1.86) (0.049) (0.15)
τέσσαρες four 1 2 (1.86) (2.963) (1.9)
Μήδεια Medea 1 2 (1.86) (0.087) (0.29)
ἀγγελία a message, tidings, news 1 1 (0.93) (0.158) (0.75)
ἀνδρεία manliness, manhood, manly spirit 1 1 (0.93) (0.656) (0.52)
διατηρέω to watch closely, observe 1 1 (0.93) (0.095) (0.21)
δοῦλος slave 1 1 (0.93) (1.48) (1.11)
εἰκονογράφος portraitpainter 1 1 (0.93) (0.001) (0.01)
ἔξειμι go out 1 1 (0.93) (0.687) (0.71)
ἕξις a having, possession 1 1 (0.93) (1.893) (0.23)
ἐπιείκεια reasonableness, fairness, equity 1 1 (0.93) (0.164) (0.07)
ἱκετεύω to approach as a suppliant 1 1 (0.93) (0.317) (0.32)
μηχανάομαι to prepare, make ready 1 1 (0.93) (0.312) (0.77)
ξέω to smooth 1 1 (0.93) (0.115) (0.1)
ὁμαλής level 1 1 (0.93) (0.234) (0.08)
ὀργίλος prone to anger, irascible 1 1 (0.93) (0.056) (0.01)
παρέχω to furnish, provide, supply 1 1 (0.93) (2.932) (4.24)
προαγόρευσις a stating beforehand 1 1 (0.93) (0.024) (0.01)
ῥάθυμος light-hearted, easy-tempered, frivolous, careless 1 1 (0.93) (0.141) (0.15)
σκληρότης hardness 1 1 (0.93) (0.253) (0.03)
χρηστέος one must use 1 1 (0.93) (0.16) (0.07)
Αὐλίς Aulis, a town in Boeotia, on the Euripus 1 1 (0.93) (0.019) (0.03)

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