βόειος

boeios

of an ox

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 9
Open History of Animals ›
Book I 3
Chapter 17 496a4–497b2

496b24
496b35
497a7
Book II 2
Chapter 16 506b24–31

506b29

Chapter 17 506b32–509a23

508a1
Book III 4
Chapter 20 521b4–522b5

521b33
522a28
522a29
522a31
Parts of Animals 3
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Book III 3
Chapter 8 670b32–671a25

671a18

Chapter 9 671a26–672b9

671b5
671b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

βόειος, α, ον, Ep. and Ion. βόεος, η, ον (βόϝεον Glotta 4.201 (Apulian vase) is dub.): (βοῦς):—A. of an ox or oxen, esp. of ox-hide, δέρμα βόειον Od. 14.24; βοέοισιν ἱμᾶσιν Il. 23.324; βοείας ἀσπίδας 5.452; βόεα κρέα Hdt. 2.37,168; τὰ β. κρέα Pl. R. 338c; γάλα β. E. Cyc. 218, Arist. HA 521b33, Dsc. 4.83, Porph. Abst. 4.17; ποδὶ βοείῳ τὸν θεὸν ἐλθεῖν, of Dionysus, Plu. 2.364f: metaph., β. ῥήματα bull-words, Ar. Ra. 924. II. βοείη or βοέη (sc. δορή), ἡ, ox-hide, ἀδέψητον βοέην Od. 20.2, 142; βοὸς μεγάλοιο βοείην Il. 17.389; ox-hide shield, βοέῃς εἰλυμένω ὤμους αὔῃσι στερεῇσι ib.492; βοῶν τʼ εὖ ποιητάων (contr. for βοέων) 16.636. 2. = βοεύς, λύσαντε βοείας h.Ap. 487, cf. 503 (s. v. l.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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