ἀγγεῖον
aggeion
vessel
Appears 73 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀγγεῖον, Ion. ἀγγήιον, τό, A. vessel for holding liquid or dry substances (τοῦτο . . ξηροῖς καὶ ὑγροῖς . . ἐργασθέν, ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιᾷ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα Plt. 287e); of metal, ἀργύρεα ἀ. silver jars or vases for water, 1.188; ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χαλκᾶ ἀ. 2.695b; ἐν ἀ. χαλκῷ mortar, Lap. 60; ξύλινα ἀ. tubs, 4.2; vessels for holding money, in a treasury, 2.121.βʹ; for masons’ use, 4.4; ὀστράκινα ἀ. Mul. 2.193, La. 4.2; pails or buckets used by firemen, Rom. 20; sacks of leather, θύλακοι καὶ ἄλλα ἀ. An. 6.4.23; τὰς ῥαφὰς τῶν ἀ. Lys. 16; for corn, Ge. 42.25; for wine, I Ki. 25.18; for bread, I Ki. 9.7; box for petitions, PTaur. I ii 6 (ii B. C.), etc. 2. receptacle, reservoir, Oec. 9.2, Lg. 845e; bed of the sea, Criti. 111a. 3. coffin, sarcophagus, 12(2).494 (Lesbos), BSA 17.227 (Pamphyl.), etc. II. of the human or animal body, vessel, cavity, Morb. 4.37, HA 521b6, PA 680b33; of the veins, HA 511b17, al.; the lungs, GA 787b3; the female breast, PA 692a12; afterbirth, 2.57; of plants, capsule, HP 1.11.1:—later, the body itself, 3.3, cf. Sent. 7.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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