βόσκημα

boskema

that which is fed

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 5
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Chapter 80 836a19–23

836a19
Chapter 128 842b27–31

842b27
Chapter 138 844b1–22

844b16
844b19
844b22
Oeconomica 4
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Book II 4
Chapter 1 1345b7–1346a31

1345b31
1346a2

Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1349b7
1349b9
Politics 4
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Book II 2
Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21

1267b11

Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23

1272a17
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38

1291a15
Book VI 1
Chapter 4 1318b6–1319b29

1319a20
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10

1095b20
Book IX 1
Chapter 9 1169b3–1170b19

1170b13
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1360b4–1362a14

1361a14

Dictionary (LSJ)

βόσκημα, ατος, τό, A. that which is fed or fatted: in pl., fatted beasts, cattle, S. Tr. 762, E. Ba. 677, X. HG 4.6.6; of sheep, E. Alc. 576 (lyr.), El. 494; ἐμῆς χερὸς β., of horses, Id. Hipp. 1356 (lyr.); of dogs, X. Cyr. 8.1.9; ζῆν ἀπὸ βοσκημάτων Arist. Pol. 1319a20: dual, of a couple of pigs, Ar. Ach. 811: sg., of a single beast, ἄκανθα ποντίου β. A. Fr. 275.3; ἐν τρόπῳ βοσκήματος πιαινόμενον ζῆν Pl. Lg. 807a; opp. θηρίον, Arist. MM 1204a38, Str. 16.4.16. II. food, β. πηυονῆς A. Supp. 620, cf. S. El. 364, Ar. Ra. 892; ἀναίματον β. δαιμόνων prey drained of blood by the Erinyes, A. Eu. 302.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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