χήν

chen

wild goose, Anser cinereus

Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 13
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488b23
Book II 3
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4

499a28

Chapter 17 506b32–509a23

509a3
509a21
Book III 1
Chapter 1 509a27–511a35

509b30
Book VI 5
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3

559b23
559b29
560b10

Chapter 6 563a17–563b13

563a29

Chapter 8 564a7–24

564a10
Book VIII 3
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

593b22
593b22

Chapter 12 596b19–597b30

597b30
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

800b23
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 749a10–752a8

751a13

Dictionary (LSJ)

χήν, ὁ and ἡ, Dor. χάν (q.v.), gen. χηνός: Ion. gen. pl. χηνῶν (not χηνέων) Hdt. 2.45; irreg. acc. pl. χένας AP 7.546:—A. wild goose, Anser cinereus, χηνῶν ἢ γεράνων ἢ κύκνων Il. 2.460; χ. πλατυγίζων καὶ κεχηνώς Eub. 115, cf. Arist. HA 593b22; εἰ μὴ σὺ χηνὸς ἧπαρ ἢ ψυχὴν ἔχεις Eub. 101. 2. tame goose, χῆνʼ ἥρπαξʼ ἀτιταλλομένην ἐνὶ οἴκῳ Od. 15.174, cf. 161; χῆνές μοι κατὰ οἶκον ἐείκοσι πυρὸν ἔδουσιν 19.536; χ. τιθασός S. Fr. 866; ὥσπερ χῆνα σιτευτὸν . . ἔτρεφέ με Epigen.2; γάλακτι χηνός, of an unknown luxury, Eub. 90.5; ἥπατα χηνῶν Plu. 2.965a. 3. νὴ or μὰ τὸν χῆνα was Socrates’ oath, Ar. Av. 521 (anap., ubi v. Sch.), Cratin. 231, Zen. 5.81. (Cf. Skt. haṃsás, Lith. žąsìs, OHG. gans, all = goose.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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