βραχίων
brachion
arm
Appears 42 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βραχίων [ῑ], ονος, ὁ, A. arm (opp. πῆχυς, Ti. 75a, but = πῆχυς, MA 698b2), Il. 13.529, 5.12, Eq. 12.5, HA 493b26, etc.; πρυμνὸς βραχίων the shoulder, Il. 13.532, 16.323; also, shoulder of beasts, ib.594b13:—Poet. as a symbol of strength, ἐκ βραχιόνων by force of arm, Supp. 478.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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