ἄνθραξ
anthrax
charcoal
Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄνθραξ, ᾰκος, ὁ, A. charcoal, 1.12: mostly in pl. ἄνθρακες Ach. 34,332, Nu. 97; ἄ. Παρνήθιοι Ach. 348; ὀπτωμέναις κόγχαισιν ἐπί τῶν ἀ. Fr. 68; ἄνθρακας ἡμμένους 4.100, etc.; their vapour produced stupor, Sens. 444b31: prov., ἄνθρακας κατεσθίειν, of a glutton, 10.14, cf. Ion Trag.29. 2. coal, οἷς καὶ οἱ χαλκεῖς χρῶνται Lap. 16, PHolm. 2.33; ἐπὶ ἀνθράκων μαλακῶν on a slow fire, 16. II. a precious stone of dark-red colour, including the carbuncle, ruby, and garnet (Adams), Mete. 387b18, Ex. 28.18, 41, etc. 2. hence, carbuncle, malignant pustule (acc. to some, small-pox), Epid. 3.7, 7.719, al. III. = ἰσάτις, woad, 18.34, al.
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