δακτύλιος

daktylios

ring, signet

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Metaphysics 2
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Book Α 1
Chapter 9 990a33–993a10

991b6
Book Μ 1
Chapter 5 1079b12–1080a11

1080a5
Physics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 6 206a9–207a32

207a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

δακτύλιος [ῠ], Boeot. δακκύλιος (v. δάκτυλος), ὁ, A. ring, signet, Sapph. 35, Hdt. 2.38, Ar. Pl. 884, Pl. R. 359e; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δ. keeper of the signet, LXX To. 1.22; ὁ τῆς πόλεως δ. OGI 229.88 (Smyrna, iii B. C.); δ. φαρμακίτης Eup. 87, cf. Antiph. 177. II. anything ringshaped, as, 1. felloe of a wheel, Poll. 1.145. 2. anus, Dsc. 1.70, Luc. Demon. 17, PRyl. 28.68 (iv A. D.). 3. pl., movable rings on a bit, X. Eq. 10.9. 4. stone to which mooring-cables were attached, Hsch. 5. door-handle, Id. 6. end of the steering-paddle, Id.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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