Βόσπορος

bosporos

Ox-ford

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 2
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Book V 1
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

552b18
Book VIII 1
Chapter 15 599a30–600a9

600a5
Meteorology 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 14 351a19–353a28

353a7
Book III 1
Chapter 2 371b18–372b11

372a15
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1347b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

Βόσπορος, ὁ, (βοὸς πόρος Opp. H. 1.617) A. wrongly expld. by the Greeks as Ox-ford, name of several straits, β. Κιμμέριος, Θρᾴκιος, Hdt. 4.12,83, etc. (also applied to the Hellespont by A. Pers. 723, 746, S. Aj. 884, Sch.adll. cc.):—Adj. Βοσπόρ-ειος, ον, S. Fr. 707: Βοσπόριος, α, ον, Id.Aj.l.c.: Βοσπορεῖον, τό, name of a temple, Dccr.Byz. ap. D. 18.91: Βοσπορίτης [ι], ου, ὁ, A. dweller on the Bosporus, S. Fr. 503: Βοσπορανός or Βοσπορ-ηνός, ὁ, A. inhabitant of the kingdom of Bosporus, Str. 7.4.7, 11.2.10, 16.2.39.

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