Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22

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word shortdef count work (freq.) corpus core
the 98 1,435 (1335.5) (1391.018) (1055.57)
καί and, also 40 593 (551.88) (544.579) (426.61)
δέ but 26 384 (357.38) (249.629) (351.92)
εἰμί to be 16 307 (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 12 183 (170.31) (109.727) (118.8)
οὗτος this; that 8 158 (147.05) (133.027) (121.95)
λέγω to pick; to say 11 132 (122.85) (90.021) (57.06)
ἐν in, among. c. dat. 9 130 (120.99) (118.207) (88.06)
either..or; than 1 105 (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 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? 2 102 (94.93) (26.493) (13.95)
ποιέω to make, to do 8 93 (86.55) (29.319) (37.03)
οὐ not 4 91 (84.69) (104.879) (82.22)
ἐκ from out of 4 84 (78.18) (54.157) (51.9)
κατά down, against with gen.; according to, throughout with acc. 2 78 (72.59) (76.461) (54.75)
ἔχω to have 1 71 (66.08) (48.945) (46.31)
γίγνομαι become, be born 1 70 (65.15) (53.204) (45.52)
τραγῳδία a tragedy 1 70 (65.15) (0.219) (0.74)
διά through c. gen.; because of c. acc. 4 67 (62.35) (56.77) (30.67)
ἄλλος other, another 6 62 (57.7) (40.264) (43.75)
δεῖ it is necessary 1 62 (57.7) (13.387) (11.02)
περί around, round about with gen., dat., and acc. 3 58 (53.98) (44.62) (43.23)
μή not 8 56 (52.12) (50.606) (37.36)
ὅς2 [possessive pronoun] 1 56 (52.12) (47.672) (39.01)
οὖν so, then, therefore 5 55 (51.19) (34.84) (23.41)
τοιοῦτος such as this 6 53 (49.33) (20.677) (14.9)
ὡς as, how 2 51 (47.46) (68.814) (63.16)
εἷς one 1 50 (46.53) (23.591) (10.36)
τε and 6 49 (45.6) (62.106) (115.18)
ὅτι adv. + superl., as...as possible; ὅτι μή except 3 46 (42.81) (49.106) (23.97)
ἄν modal particle 6 46 (42.81) (32.618) (38.42)
ὅτι2 conj.: that, because 2 45 (41.88) (49.49) (23.92)
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. 7 44 (40.95) (64.142) (59.77)
πολύς much, many 1 44 (40.95) (35.28) (44.3)
εἰς into, to c. acc. 2 42 (39.09) (66.909) (80.34)
ἀλλά otherwise, but 3 41 (38.16) (54.595) (46.87)
ἐάν if 3 39 (36.3) (23.689) (20.31)
μίμησις imitation 1 39 (36.3) (0.208) (0.51)
μέρος a part, share 2 38 (35.37) (11.449) (6.76)
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)
τῷ therefore, in this wise, thereupon 2 36 (33.5) (55.077) (29.07)
μιμέομαι to mimic, imitate, represent, portray 1 33 (30.71) (0.689) (0.96)
λόγος the word 1 32 (29.78) (29.19) (16.1)
μέτρον that by which anything is measured 2 32 (29.78) (1.22) (0.77)
πράσσω do, (w. adv) fare, (mid.) charge payment 1 31 (28.85) (4.909) (7.73)
ἀπό from, away from. c. gen. 2 30 (27.92) (30.074) (22.12)
ὄνομα name 9 30 (27.92) (7.968) (4.46)
ὅσος as much/many as 3 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)
ὅμοιος like, resembling 1 24 (22.34) (10.645) (5.05)
εἶδος that which is seen, form, shape, figure 2 23 (21.41) (10.005) (1.56)
μόνος alone, left alone, forsaken solitary 2 23 (21.41) (19.178) (9.89)
λέξις a speaking, saying, speech 3 22 (20.47) (1.763) (0.32)
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. 3 21 (19.54) (22.709) (26.08)
χράω to fall upon, attack, assail 3 21 (19.54) (5.601) (4.92)
ἅπας quite all, the whole 4 20 (18.61) (10.904) (7.0)
χράομαι use, experience 4 20 (18.61) (5.93) (6.1)
διαφέρω to carry through; be different from, excel 1 19 (17.68) (4.463) (2.35)
οὔτε neither / nor 1 19 (17.68) (13.727) (16.2)
χράω2 proclaim an oracle, (rare) furnish; mid.: consult an oracle, lend 4 19 (17.68) (5.448) (5.3)
ἕκαστος every, every one, each, each one 1 18 (16.75) (12.667) (11.08)
μάλιστα most 2 18 (16.75) (6.673) (9.11)
μέγας big, great 2 17 (15.82) (18.419) (25.96)
μεταφορά transference 8 17 (15.82) (0.217) (0.13)
ὥστε so that 1 17 (15.82) (10.717) (9.47)
γλῶσσα the tongue 9 16 (14.89) (1.427) (1.17)
ἐκεῖνος that over there, that 2 15 (13.96) (22.812) (17.62)
νῦν now at this very time 2 15 (13.96) (12.379) (21.84)
ὁράω to see 2 15 (13.96) (16.42) (18.27)
σημεῖον a sign, a mark, token 1 15 (13.96) (3.721) (0.94)
κύριος having power 9 14 (13.03) (8.273) (1.56)
ποίησις a making, fabrication, creation, production 1 14 (13.03) (0.485) (0.38)
φαίνω to bring to light, make to appear 2 14 (13.03) (8.435) (8.04)
χραύω to scrape, graze, wound slightly 2 14 (13.03) (3.114) (2.65)
ἁρμόζω to fit together, join 3 13 (12.1) (1.185) (1.18)
ἵημι to set a going, put in motion 1 13 (12.1) (12.618) (6.1)
ἐγώ I (first person pronoun) 3 11 (10.24) (54.345) (87.02)
εἶπον to speak, say 1 11 (10.24) (16.169) (13.73)
γέλοιος causing laughter, laughable 2 10 (9.31) (0.381) (0.55)
θεωρέω to look at, view, behold 2 10 (9.31) (2.307) (1.87)
ἀντί over against, opposite. c. gen. 2 9 (8.38) (3.981) (2.22)
ἄρα particle: 'so' 1 9 (8.38) (11.074) (20.24)
μικρός small, little 2 9 (8.38) (5.888) (3.02)
Εὐριπίδης Euripides 1 9 (8.38) (0.232) (0.33)
ἀδύνατος unable, impossible 1 8 (7.45) (4.713) (1.73)
ἐνδέχομαι to take upon oneself; to be possible 1 8 (7.45) (4.811) (0.55)
ἰαμβεῖος iambic 3 8 (7.45) (0.043) (0.09)
εὖ well 1 7 (6.51) (2.642) (5.92)
ἱκανός becoming, befitting, sufficing 1 7 (6.51) (2.65) (2.84)
ὀλίγος few, little, scanty, small 2 7 (6.51) (5.317) (5.48)
ἄλλως in another way 1 6 (5.58) (3.069) (1.79)
διπλόος twofold, double 2 6 (5.58) (0.673) (0.55)
ἐπιτιμάω honor, raise price; blame, rebuke, censure 1 6 (5.58) (0.325) (0.4)
ἔπος a word 1 6 (5.58) (1.082) (5.8)
κοινός common, shared in common 1 6 (5.58) (6.539) (4.41)
κύριος2 a lord, master 3 6 (5.58) (7.519) (1.08)
ὀρθός straight 1 6 (5.58) (3.685) (3.67)
παράδειγμα a pattern 1 6 (5.58) (1.433) (0.41)
τρόπος a turn, direction, course, way; character 2 6 (5.58) (7.612) (5.49)
τροπός a twisted leathern thong 2 6 (5.58) (7.547) (5.48)
ὑπάρχω to begin; to exist 1 6 (5.58) (13.407) (5.2)
ἀγνοέω not to perceive, be ignorant of 1 5 (4.65) (1.829) (1.05)
ἀνήρ a man 1 5 (4.65) (10.82) (29.69)
βαδίζω to go slowly, to walk 1 5 (4.65) (1.133) (0.31)
βούλομαι to will, wish, be willing 1 5 (4.65) (8.59) (11.98)
δίδωμι to give 1 5 (4.65) (11.657) (13.85)
ἰδέα form 2 5 (4.65) (1.544) (0.48)
ἰδιωτικός of or for a private person, unskilled, unprofessional 5 5 (4.65) (0.099) (0.12)
λαμβάνω to take, seize, receive 1 5 (4.65) (15.895) (13.47)
μετατίθημι to place among 4 5 (4.65) (0.374) (0.26)
πως somehow, in some way 2 5 (4.65) (9.844) (7.58)
σαφής clear, plain, distinct, manifest 4 5 (4.65) (3.279) (2.18)
ἡρωικός of or for a hero, heroic (verse: hexameter) 2 5 (4.65) (0.044) (0.04)
Αἰσχύλος Aeschylus 2 4 (3.72) (0.131) (0.28)
ἀληθής unconcealed, true 1 4 (3.72) (7.533) (3.79)
ἀνά up, upon 1 4 (3.72) (4.693) (6.06)
εἴωθα to be accustomed 3 4 (3.72) (1.354) (1.1)
ἐξαλλάσσω to change utterly 1 4 (3.72) (0.055) (0.09)
κεράννυμι to mix, mingle 2 4 (3.72) (0.321) (0.24)
κόσμος order 2 4 (3.72) (3.744) (1.56)
σύνθεσις a putting together, composition, combination 1 4 (3.72) (0.768) (0.09)
αἴνιγμα a dark saying, riddle 3 3 (2.79) (0.13) (0.05)
ἀπρεπής unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, indecorous 1 3 (2.79) (0.083) (0.14)
ἀρετή goodness, excellence 1 3 (2.79) (4.312) (2.92)
ἀρχαῖος from the beginning 1 3 (2.79) (1.06) (0.97)
Ἀχιλλεύς Achilles 2 3 (2.79) (0.6) (3.08)
βαρβαρισμός barbarism 3 3 (2.79) (0.011) (0.02)
διάλεκτος discourse: discussion, debate, arguing 2 3 (2.79) (0.21) (0.1)
διθύραμβος the dithyramb; 1 3 (2.79) (0.036) (0.07)
δῶμα a house 2 3 (2.79) (0.369) (2.95)
εἶδον to see 2 3 (2.79) (4.063) (7.0)
κοινωνέω to have or do in common with 1 3 (2.79) (0.907) (0.75)
ταπεινός low 3 3 (2.79) (0.507) (0.28)
χαλκός copper 1 3 (2.79) (0.86) (1.99)
δίφρος the chariot (board); seat 2 2 (1.86) (0.163) (0.85)
ἐλάχιστος the smallest, least 1 2 (1.86) (0.969) (0.73)
ἐπέκτασις extension 2 2 (1.86) (0.009) (0.01)
ἐπιτηδές advisedly; designedly, deceitfully 1 2 (1.86) (0.066) (0.19)
ἐσθίω to eat 2 2 (1.86) (2.007) (1.91)
εὐτελής easily paid for, cheap 1 2 (1.86) (0.214) (0.07)
κατατίθημι to place, put 2 2 (1.86) (0.369) (0.84)
κωμῳδέω to represent in a comedy, to satirise, lampoon, libel 1 2 (1.86) (0.045) (0.07)
μηδέ but not 1 2 (1.86) (4.628) (5.04)
μοχθηρός suffering hardship, in sore distress, miserable, wretched 1 2 (1.86) (0.645) (0.19)
ξενικός of or for a stranger, alien, mercenary, non-Attic; hospitable 2 2 (1.86) (0.096) (0.27)
σεμνός revered, august, holy, awful 1 2 (1.86) (0.57) (0.61)
συνάπτω to tie 1 2 (1.86) (1.207) (1.11)
τράπεζα four-legged a table 2 2 (1.86) (0.588) (0.68)
ἠϊών shore, beach 2 2 (1.86) (0.088) (0.22)
Φιλοκτήτης Philoctetes 1 2 (1.86) (0.048) (0.07)
Κλεοφῶν Cleophon 1 2 (1.86) (0.012) (0.04)
ἀειδής without form, incorporeal 1 1 (0.93) (0.016) (0.01)
ἀεικής unseemly, shameful 1 1 (0.93) (0.07) (0.64)
ἄκικυς powerless, feeble 1 1 (0.93) (0.005) (0.02)
ἀπεργάζομαι to finish off, turn out complete 1 1 (0.93) (0.403) (0.35)
ἀποκοπή a cutting off 1 1 (0.93) (0.043) (0.01)
ἀσθενικός weakly 1 1 (0.93) (0.002) (0.01)
βοάω to cry aloud, to shout 1 1 (0.93) (0.903) (1.53)
διακωμῳδέω to satirise 1 1 (0.93) (0.001) (0.01)
ἐκτείνω to stretch out 1 1 (0.93) (0.85) (0.49)
ἑλλέβορος hellebore 1 1 (0.93) (0.167) (0.01)
ἐντίθημι to put in 1 1 (0.93) (0.318) (0.31)
ἐξαλλαγή a complete change, alteration 1 1 (0.93) (0.015) (0.01)
εὐφυΐα natural goodness of growth 1 1 (0.93) (0.06) (0.06)
θοινάω to feast on, eat 1 1 (0.93) (0.014) (0.04)
ἰαμβοποιέω to write iambics 1 1 (0.93) (0.001) (0.01)
καθοράω (to look down); to observe 1 1 (0.93) (0.423) (0.89)
κατεῖδον to look down 1 1 (0.93) (0.128) (0.24)
κολλάω to glue, cement 1 1 (0.93) (0.116) (0.02)
κράζω to croak 1 1 (0.93) (0.201) (0.1)
Μαραθών Marathon 1 1 (0.93) (0.076) (0.25)
μεταφέρω to carry over, transfer 1 1 (0.93) (0.316) (0.06)
μεταφορικός apt at metaphors 1 1 (0.93) (0.037) (0.01)
νιν him, her 1 1 (0.93) (0.201) (1.39)
ὁπόσος as many as 1 1 (0.93) (1.404) (0.7)
οὐτιδανός of no account, worthless 1 1 (0.93) (0.006) (0.05)
πούς a foot 1 1 (0.93) (2.799) (4.94)
πρεπόντως in fit manner, meetly, beseemingly, gracefully 1 1 (0.93) (0.043) (0.06)
πῦρ fire 1 1 (0.93) (4.894) (2.94)
ῥᾴδιος easy, ready, easy to make 1 1 (0.93) (2.343) (2.93)
σάρξ flesh 1 1 (0.93) (3.46) (0.29)
σαφήνεια distinctness, perspicuity 1 1 (0.93) (0.192) (0.05)
σύ you (personal pronoun) 1 1 (0.93) (30.359) (61.34)
συμβάλλω to throw together, dash together 1 1 (0.93) (0.862) (1.93)
τραγῳδός a goat-singer 1 1 (0.93) (0.049) (0.04)
φαγέδαινα cancerous sore, canker 1 1 (0.93) (0.014) (0.01)
χρήσιμος useful, serviceable, good for use, good, apt 1 1 (0.93) (1.679) (0.87)
ψέγω to blame, censure 1 1 (0.93) (0.156) (0.34)
Εὐκλείδης Euclides 1 1 (0.93) (0.052) (0.08)
μεταφορέω change, transfer, shift 1 1 (0.93) (0.003) (0.02)
Σθένελος Sthenelus 1 1 (0.93) (0.025) (0.1)

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