ἄμπελος

ampelos

grape-vine, Vitis vinifera

Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Posterior Analytics 9
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 78a22–79a16

78b31
Book II 8
Chapter 16 98a35–98b38

98b6
98b8
98b9
98b11
98b13
98b14
98b15

Chapter 17 99a1–99b8

99a23
Generation of Animals 5
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Book I 4
Chapter 18 722a1–726a27

725b28
725b28
725b34
726a2
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

770b20
History of Animals 2
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Book V 2
Chapter 14 544b12–546b14

546a2

Chapter 30 556a14–556b20

556b3
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

400b34
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 161 846a38–846b2

846a38
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18

1330b29

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄμπελος, ἡ, any climbing plant with tendrils, esp. A. grape-vine, Vitis vinifera (ἄ. οἰνοφόρος Dsc. 4.181; ἄ.τῆς Ἴδης is a variety, V.v. apyrena, grape-currant, Thphr. HP 3.17.4), Hom. (not in Il. exc. in Adj. ἀμπελόεις), etc.; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ καὶ ἄμπελοι Od. 9.110, cf.133, Alc. 44, Hdt. 4.195, etc.; ἄ. καὶ ἐλάαν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἀκρόδρυα Thphr. HP 4.4.11; ἄ. τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν κόπτοντες, in collective sense (cf. ἵππος, ἡ), Th. 4.90; of wine, ἀμπέλου δρόσος Pi. O. 7.2; ἀμπέλου παῖς Id. N. 9.52. 2. ἄ. ἀγρία wild vine, Vitis silvestris, Dsc. 4.181, 5.2, Plin. HN 23.19:—also = ἄ. λευκή, Thphr. 9.14.1, 9.20.3, Gal. 14.186. 3. ἄ. λευκή bryony, Bryonia cretica, Dsc. 4.182, Gal. 11.826 (but λευκὴ ἄ. white grape, Thphr. CP 1.20.5). 4. ἄ μέλαινα black bryony, Tamus communis, Dsc. 4.183, Gal. 11.827. 5. ἄ. ποντία wrack, Fucus volubilis, Thphr. HP 4.6.9. II. vineyard, Ael. NA 11.32. III. engine for protecting besiegers, mantlet, Apollod. Poliorc. 141.7. IV. measure of length, = 20 παλαισταί, Hero Def. 131. V. = αἰγιαλός (Cyren.), Hsch.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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