ἀλεωρή

aleore

escape

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Bekker number — each links into the reader.

Parts of Animals 2
Open Parts of Animals ›
Book IV 2
Chapter 5 678a27–682a34

679b28

Chapter 10 685b29–690b10

687a30
Generation of Animals 1
Open Generation of Animals ›
Book III 1
Chapter 3 754a21–755a5

754b8
History of Animals 1
Open History of Animals ›
Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488b10

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλεωρή, Att. ἀλευρά, ἡ, (ἀλέομαι) A. escape, Il. 24.216; ἀ. τινα εὑρέσθαι Hdt. 9.6. 2. place of shelter, Opp. H. 1.790. 3. c. gen., defence or shelter from, δηΐων ἀνδρῶν ἀ., of palisade, Il. 12.57; of breastplate, 15.533; σκευὴν βελέων ἀ. (mock heroic) Ar. V. 615; τὴν περὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀ. Arist. PA 687a29; of an animalʼs shell, etc., ib.679b28, cf. HA 488b10; τῆς περὶ τοὺς ἱέρακας ἕνεκα ἀ. ib.613b11; ἀ. παρέχειν, ποιεῖν, Hp. Praec. 7,D.S. 3.34.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of ἀλεωρή — with the passages he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated, interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide. Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.

‹ All lexicon entries