βόρβορος

borboros

mire, filth

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 7
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Book V 2
Chapter 15 546b15–548a21

547b12

Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

551a4
Book VIII 5
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

591a13
591a14
591a14
592a25

Chapter 15 599a30–600a9

599b18
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 761a12–763b16

763a32

Dictionary (LSJ)

βόρβορος, ὁ, A. mire, filth, Asius 1, Heraclit. 13, A. Eu. 694, Ar. V. 259, Pl. Phd. 69c, LXX Je. 45.6, 2 Ep.Pet. 2.22. etc.: distd. fr. πηλός clay, moist earth, Luc. Prom.Es 1; sewer, Hsch.: metaph., foul abuse, τοσοῦτον β. κατήντλησάς μου Luc. Lex. 17.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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