Aristotle, Ars Poetica 15

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170 lemmas; 409 tokens (10,745 in work)
word shortdef count work (freq.) corpus core
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
σύστασις a putting together, composition 1 14 (13.03) (0.753) (0.39)
ἐκεῖνος that over there, that 1 15 (13.96) (22.812) (17.62)
ὁράω to see 1 15 (13.96) (16.42) (18.27)
βελτίων better 1 16 (14.89) (1.81) (1.12)
ὥστε so that 1 17 (15.82) (10.717) (9.47)
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)
πρᾶγμα that which has been done, a deed, act 2 19 (17.68) (6.869) (8.08)
ἅπας quite all, the whole 1 20 (18.61) (10.904) (7.0)
χράομαι use, experience 1 20 (18.61) (5.93) (6.1)
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)
ἐρῶ [I will say] 1 22 (20.47) (8.435) (3.94)
ἦθος custom, character 8 22 (20.47) (0.735) (0.82)
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)
ὅμοιος like, resembling 2 24 (22.34) (10.645) (5.05)
οὕτως so, in this manner 1 25 (23.27) (28.875) (14.91)
πρῶτος first 1 25 (23.27) (18.707) (16.57)
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)
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)
πράσσω do, (w. adv) fare, (mid.) charge payment 1 31 (28.85) (4.909) (7.73)
λόγος the word 2 32 (29.78) (29.19) (16.1)
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)
πρᾶξις a doing, transaction, business 1 35 (32.57) (2.288) (3.51)
οὐδείς not one, nobody 1 36 (33.5) (19.346) (18.91)
ποιητής one who makes, a maker 1 37 (34.43) (1.39) (1.28)
ἐάν if 4 39 (36.3) (23.689) (20.31)
μίμησις imitation 2 39 (36.3) (0.208) (0.51)
ἀλλά otherwise, but 1 41 (38.16) (54.595) (46.87)
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)
ὅτι2 conj.: that, because 1 45 (41.88) (49.49) (23.92)
ὅτι adv. + superl., as...as possible; ὅτι μή except 1 46 (42.81) (49.106) (23.97)
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)
εἷς one 1 50 (46.53) (23.591) (10.36)
τοιοῦτος such as this 4 53 (49.33) (20.677) (14.9)
οὖν so, then, therefore 1 55 (51.19) (34.84) (23.41)
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)
περί around, round about with gen., dat., and acc. 3 58 (53.98) (44.62) (43.23)
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)
ἄλλος other, another 1 62 (57.7) (40.264) (43.75)
δεῖ it is necessary 6 62 (57.7) (13.387) (11.02)
γίγνομαι become, be born 2 70 (65.15) (53.204) (45.52)
τραγῳδία a tragedy 2 70 (65.15) (0.219) (0.74)
ἔχω to have 2 71 (66.08) (48.945) (46.31)
κατά down, against with gen.; according to, throughout with acc. 1 78 (72.59) (76.461) (54.75)
ἐκ from out of 2 84 (78.18) (54.157) (51.9)
οὐ not 2 91 (84.69) (104.879) (82.22)
ποιέω to make, to do 4 93 (86.55) (29.319) (37.03)
τίη why? wherefore? 7 102 (94.93) (26.493) (13.95)
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)
either..or; than 5 105 (97.72) (34.073) (23.24)
ἐν in, among. c. dat. 11 130 (120.99) (118.207) (88.06)
λέγω to pick; to say 4 132 (122.85) (90.021) (57.06)
οὗτος this; that 6 158 (147.05) (133.027) (121.95)
μέν on the one hand, on the other hand 6 183 (170.31) (109.727) (118.8)
γάρ for 8 193 (179.62) (110.606) (74.4)
ὅς who, that, which: relative pronoun 8 224 (208.47) (208.764) (194.16)
εἰμί to be 13 307 (285.71) (217.261) (145.55)
δέ but 15 384 (357.38) (249.629) (351.92)
καί and, also 22 593 (551.88) (544.579) (426.61)
the 60 1,435 (1335.5) (1391.018) (1055.57)

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