ἀκρίς

akris

grasshopper, locust, cricket

Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 10
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Book IV 2
Chapter 7 531b20–532b28

532b10

Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

535b12
Book V 5
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

550b32

Chapter 28 555b18–556a7

555b18
555b28
556a4
556a7
Book VIII 2
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

592b23

Chapter 17 600a27–601a22

601a6
Book IX 1
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17

612a34
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 4
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Chapter 139 844b23–31

844b23
844b29
844b30
Chapter 176 847b3–4

847b4
Generation of Animals 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 16 721a2–29

721a4
721a23
Parts of Animals 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 6 682a35–683b3

683a34
683a36
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

804a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀκρίς, ίδος, ἡ, A. grasshopper, locust, cricket, Il. 21.12, Ar. Ach. 1116, Arist. HA 555b18, Thphr. Fr. 174.3, Theoc. 7.41, LXXEx. 10.4, etc.:— sg., in collective sense, Men.Prot.p.108D.; πολλὴ ἀ. Heph.Astr. 1.21.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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