βότρυς

botrys

bunch of grapes

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book V 4
Chapter 15 546b15–548a21

547a4

Chapter 17 549a14–549b28

549a24

Chapter 18 549b29–550b21

550a11
550a28
On Colours 1
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Chapter 5 794b12–797a32

795b25
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

770b21

Dictionary (LSJ)

βότρυς, υος, ὁ (heterocl. pl. βότρυα, τά, Euph. 149), A. bunch of grapes, μέλανες δʼ ἀνὰ βότρυες ἦσαν Il. 18.562, etc.: pl., grapes, Hp. Vict. 2.55: prov., βότρυς πρὸς βότρυν πεπαίνεται Jul. Or. 7.225b. 2. = sq. 1, βότρυς κόμης AP 5.286 (Agath.), cf. Nonn. D. 1.528, etc. 3. clustered ear-ring, Ar. Fr. 320.10. II. = ἀμβροσία and ἀρτεμισία, Dsc. 3.114. 2. oak of Jerusalem, Chenopodium Botrys, ib.115. III. the Pleiades, Sch.Il. 18.486.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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