βδάλλω

bdallo

milk

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 6
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Book III 6
Chapter 20 521b4–522b5

522a5
522a20

Chapter 21 522b6–523a12

522b15
522b16
522b17
522b31
Generation of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 745b21–747a22

746a20

Dictionary (LSJ)

βδάλλω, aor. part. βδάλας Alciphr. 3.16: aor. opt. Med., βδήλαιο Nic. Al. 262:—Α. milk cows, πολὺ βδάλλων milking many kine, rich in kine, Pl. Tht. 174d; β. τινά ibid.; ὁ βδάλλων the milker, Arist. HA 522b17; β. γάλα Procop. Aed. 3.6:—Med., yield, of the cow, βοΐδια . . ὧν ἕκαστον βδάλλεται γάλα πολύ Arist. HA 522b15; βόες βδάλλονται ἑκάστη ἀμφορέα ib. 16: also in sense of Act., νέον γλάγος Nic.l.c. II. suck, Arist. GA 746a20, cf. Gal. 7.130:—Pass., Arist. HA 522a5,20.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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