The corpus record

μελαγ-χολικός

melagcholikos

of atrabilious

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Where it lives

De Divinatione per Somnum 2 · 16.68/10k
De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 4 · 0.71/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

μελαγ-χολικός · melag-cholikos — LSJ

of atrabilious, melancholic temperament

of atrabilious or melancholic temperament, τὰ μ. Hp. Aph. 3.20; οἱ μ. ib. 4.9; opp. πικρόχολος, Id. Acut. 61. Adv. -κῶς Id. Prorrh. 1.14, Coac. 92, etc.

II atrabilious, impulsive

atrabilious, impulsive, Pl. R. 573c, Arist. EN 1152a19.

In the wild

μελαγχολική · melancholikē Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 16)
μελαγχολικοὶ · melancholikoi Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 25)
μελαγχολικοῖς · melancholikois Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 56)
μελαγχολικούς · melancholikous Aristotle, De Memoria et Reminiscentia (DIORISIS sentence 74)
μελαγχολικοί · melancholikoi Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 70)
μελαγχολικοὶ · melancholikoi Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 8

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