αἴλουρος

ailouros

cat, Felis domesticus

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 539b17–540a26

540a10
Book VI 1
Chapter 35 580a11–31

580a23
Book IX 1
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17

612b15
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

811b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

αἴλουρος, Arist. HA 540a10, Phgn. 811b9, or αἰέλουρος, ὁ, ἡ, Hdt. and Comici ll. cc., S. Ichn. 296:—A. cat, Felis domesticus, Hdt. 2.66, Ar. Ach. 879, Anaxandr. 39.12, Timocl. 1, LXXEp.Je. 22, Plu. 2.144c. II. = ἀναγαλλὶς ἡ κυανῆ, Ps.-Dsc. 2.178; also αἰλούρου ὀφθαλμός, ὁ, ibid.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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