ἀγέλη

agele

herd

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book VI 1
Chapter 17 570a25–571b2

570a27
Book VIII 1
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

590b31
Book IX 3
Chapter 2 610b1–19

610b9

Chapter 8 613b6–614a33

613b24

Chapter 48 631a8–631b4

631a16
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 10 831a22–26

831a23
Chapter 133 843b15–844a5

843b28

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγέλη, ἡ, (ἄγω) A. herd, of horses, Il. 19.281; elsewhere in Hom. always of oxen and kine, Il. 11.678, etc., cf. βούνομος·—also, any herd or company, συῶν ἀ. Hes. Sc. 168; ἀ. παρθένων Pi. Fr. 112; μαινάδων E. Ba. 1022; πτηνῶν ἀγέλαι S. Aj. 168, E. Ion 106; shoal of fish, Opp. H. 3.639: metaph., πόνων ἀγέλαι E. HF 1276:—also in Pl. R. 451c, Arist. HA 570a27, etc., but rare in early Prose. II. in Crete and at Sparta, bands in which boys were trained, Ephor. 64, Plu. Lyc. 16, Heraclid. Pol. 15, GDI 4952 (Dreros), etc.; νέων ἀ. Epigr.Gr. 223.8 (Miletus); ἀϊθέων ib.239 (Smyrna). III. = ἀστρικαὶ σφαῖραι Theol.Ar. 43.6.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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