βάτραχος
batrachos
frog
Appears 39 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βάτραχος [βᾰ], ὁ, A. frog, 6,18,59, al., 4.131, etc.: prov., ὕδωρ πίνειν βάτραχος a very frog to drink, 10.3; βατράχοις οἰνοχοεῖν, of those who give what is not wanted, 70.5; μέλει μοι τῶν τοιούτων ἧττον τῶν ἐν τοῖς τέλμασι β. Mis. 358a; χλωρὸς β., of the tree-frog, Sign. 15. II. = ἁλιεύς, a kind of fish, fishing-frog or sea-angler, Lophius piscatorius, GA 749a23, NA 13.5. III. frog of a horseʼs hoof, 16.1.9, Hippiatr. 8: hence Astron., of the star β Centauri, Alm. 8.1. IV. ἐσχάρας εἶδος, V. swelling under the tongue, 8.39.—Dial. forms are cited by Gramm., 1. Ion. βάθρακος, cited from (prob.4.131) by Sch.Il. 4.243, 1570.11, and found in PLond. 1.124.31 (iv/v A. D.); Ion. also βότραχος ap. 19, βρόταχος 40 (as pr. n., GDI 5577,5592). 2. βράταχος (as pr. n., GDI 5727d29). 3. βρούχετος 4. βριαγχόνη Id. 5. Pontic βάβακος Id. Cf. βύρθακος, βρύτιχος.
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