βοτάνη

botane

pasture

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 3
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Chapter 160 846a33–37

846a34
Chapter 163 846b7–9

846b7
Chapter 171 847a1–2

847a1
History of Animals 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

592a25

Dictionary (LSJ)

βοτάνη [ᾰ], ἡ, (βόσκω) A. pasture, Il. 13.493, Pl. Prt. 321b, etc.; ἐκ βοτάνης ἀνιόντα Theoc. 25.87; ἐν β. Id. 28.12; ἔγρονται ἐς βοτάναν E. Fr. 773.29; β. ἁ λέοντος the lionʼs pasture, i.e. Nemea, Pi. N. 6.42: metaph., ὥσπερ ἐν κακῇ β. τρεφόμενοι Pl. R. 401c. 2. fodder, Od. 10.411. 3. herb, Thphr. HP 4.4.13, Dsc. 1 Praef. 1 (pl.), etc. 4. in pl., plants, as material for making clothes, opp. δοραί, Diog. Oen. 10. 5. weeds, Thphr. HP 2.7.5, POxy. 729.22 (ii A. D.): in pl., Gp. 2.46.2. 6. ἱερὰ β., = περιστερεών, Dsc. 4.60.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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