ἀορτή
aorte
arteries
Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀορτή, ἡ, (ἀείρω) in pl., A. = βρόγχια, Loc.Hom. 14 (where Littré reads ἀορτρέων, -τρῃσι), Coac. 394, cf. Onom. 159. 2. the arteries springing from the heart, i.e. aorta and pulmonary artery, Cord. 10; esp. in sg., the aorta, HA 496a7, 513b4, etc.: in pl., arteries, 2.205. II. knapsack that hung from the shoulders, 331, 40, 10, cf. 7.79, 10.139. III. point of suspension of a balance, Theol.Ar. 29.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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