βρύον

bryon

oyster-green, Ulva Lactuca

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book VI 1
Chapter 14 568a11–569a9

568a29
Book VIII 2
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

591b12

Chapter 20 602b20–603a29

603a17

Dictionary (LSJ)

βρύον [ῠ], τό, (βρύω) A. oyster-green, Ulva Lactuca, β. θαλάσσιον Hp. Mul. 1.53, cf. Arist. HA 591b12, Dsc. 4.98: pl., Plu. Caes. 52; β. alone, Nic. Th. 792; also, a marsh-plant, ib.415. II. tree-moss, Usnea barbata, Theoc. 21.7, Dsc. 1.21. III. liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha, Id. 4.53. IV. clustering male blossom of the hazel, Arist. HA 624a34: generally, catkin, Thphr. HP 3.7.3, Nic. Th. 71,898. V. = καυκαλίς, Democr. ap. Ps.-Dsc. 2.139.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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