ἀσπάλαξ

aspalax

blind-rat, Spalax typhlus

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 491b14–33

491b28
Book IV 1
Chapter 8 532b29–535a26

533a3
Book VIII 1
Chapter 28 605b22–607a8

605b31
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 124 842b1–5

842b3
Chapter 176 847b3–4

847b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀσπάλαξ [πᾰ], ακος, ὁ, elsewh. σπάλαξ (q. v.), A. blind-rat, Spalax typhlus, Arist. HA 533a3, Antig. Mir. 10, Stoic. 2.51, Ael. NA 17.10; ἀσπαλάκων αὐτόχθονα φῦλα Opp. C. 2.612: prov., τυφλότερος ἀσπάλακος Diogenian. 8.25.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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