αὐλών

aulon

hollow

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 2
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Chapter 13 473a15–474a24

474a20
Chapter 27 480a16–480b30

480b6
Parts of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 664a12–665a26

664a27

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐλών, ῶνος, ὁ, also ἡ S. Fr. 549, Ar. Av. 244, Carc. 1, Philostr. Im. 2.6:—A. hollow between hills or banks, defile, glen, h.Merc. 95, Hdt. 7.128,129, Ar.l.c. (lyr.); expld. as οἱ στενοὶ καὶ ἐπιμήκεις ποταμοί Sch. Il.Oxy. 221 xiv 19. 2. channel, trench, A. Fr. 167A, Hdt. 2.100,127, X. An. 2.3.10. 3. strait, Μαιωτικός A. Pr. 731; πόντιαι αὐ. sea-straits, channels, S. Tr. 100 (lyr.). 4. pipe, conduit, Pl. Ti. 79a; metaph. of windpipe or duct, Arist. PA 664a27, Gal. UP 4.14. 5. furrow in an elephantʼs hide, Aret. SD 2.13.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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