χοῖρος

choiros

young pig, porker

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 8 747a23–749a6

749a2
749a3
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 10 685b29–690b10

688b11

Dictionary (LSJ)

χοῖρος, ὁ (ἡ Hippon. 40, S. Fr. 230, Ar. Ach. 764):—A. young pig, porker (younger than δέλφαξ, Ar.Byz. ap. Ath 9.375. Cratin. 3a), Od. 14.73, Alc. Supp. 24.2, Hdt. 2.48, A. Fr. 309, Ar. Ach. 781, etc.; offered as one of the smaller sacrifices, Pl. R. 378a, X. An. 7.8.5, D. 54.39, Henioch. 2. b. generally, = ὗς, σῦς, swine, ἤδη δέλφακες, χοῖροι δὲ τοῖσιν ἄλλοις Cratin. l.c., cf. Mnesim. 4.47 (anap.), Plu. Cic. 7, Ev.Matt. 8.30. 2. pudenda muliebria, freq. in Com. poets, who are always punning on the word and its compds., Ar. Ach. 773 sq., etc.; said to be a Corinthian usage, Suid. II. a fish of the Nile, Str. 17.2.4, Ath. 7.312a, Gp. 20.7.1, 13 tit. (Perh. for ĝhoryo- ‘grey’, cf. Norse griss ‘sucking-pig’, OHG grīs ‘grey’, or cf. Alb. de[rmacr ] ‘pig’.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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