ἄρσην
arsen
NT
Appears 783 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄρσην, ὁ, ἡ, ἄρσεν, τό, gen. ἄρσενος, Ep., Ion., and Trag.: Att. ἄρρην IG 2.678B55, Smp. 191c, etc.: Aeol., Cret., Epid., and ἔρσην, q.v.; ἀρσ- prevails in and A. NT, ἀρρ- is more common in Pap. (exc. Pap. Mag.): nom. ἄρσης IG 5(1).364.10 (Lacon.), POxy. 465.147 (ii A. D.):—male, μήτε τις οὖν θήλεια θεὸς . . μήτε τις ἄρσην Il. 8.7; βοῦν . . ἄρσενα 7.315; ἄρσενες ἵπποι 23.377, etc.; ἄρσην σπορά Tr. 503; νηδύς Ba. 527 (lyr.) (of the birth of Bacchus); γονή Genit. 7: ἄρσην, ὁ, or ἄρσεν, τό, the male, Ag. 861, Supp. 393 (lyr.), Lg. 665c, Smp. 191c, etc.; Ἀπόλλωνι . . θῆλυ καὶ ἄρσεν . . προσέρδειν IG 12(8).358 (Thasos, v B. C.); οἱ ἄρσενες the male sex, 2.45; τὸ ἄρσεν Eu. 737. 2. masculine, Supp. 951; φρένες Or. 1204: metaph., mighty, κτύπος ἄρσην πόντου Ph. 1455 (lyr.); Ἀχέροντος ἄρσενας χοάς Fr. 480.3; ἄρσην βοή Th. 125 (lyr.); ἄ. φθόγγοι 2.12; of plants, robust, coarse, opp. θῆλυς (tender, delicate), HP 3.9.3, cf. 2.2.6, 3.1, al., Tr. 1196. 3. of gender of nouns, masculine, ὀνόματα Nu. 682. 4. of sex in plants, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄρρενος τοῖς θήλεσι βοήθεια HP 2.8.4:—but also, coarse, tough, γογγυλίς ib.7.4.3, cf.3.9.3: Comp. form ἀρρέντερος (cf. θηλύτερος) , κὰ τὠρρέντερον γένος in the male line, IG 5(2).262.21(Mantinea, v B. C.). 5. Adv. ἀρρένως ap. 4.44.71. (Occurs without ϝ- on Cret. Inscrr. which preserve ϝ-; cf. Skt. ṛṣabhás ‘bull’, Avest. aršan- ‘man’.)
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