δαλός

dalos

fire-brand

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 6
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Book I 6
Chapter 4 341b1–342a33

341b3
341b28
341b32

Chapter 5 342a34–342b24

342b3
342b16

Chapter 7 344a5–345a10

344a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

δαλός, ὁ, (δαίω) A. fire-brand, Il. 15.421, Od. 5.488, E. Cyc. 471,472, A. Ch. 608 (lyr.), Arist. Mete. 344a26; beacon-light, AP 9.675; of the thunderbolt, Il. 13.320, cf. Luc. Tim. 2. 2. a kind of meteor, Arist. Mete. 341b28. II. burnt-out torch: metaph. of an old man, AP 12.41 (Mel.). (Contr. fr. δᾰϝελός, cf. δαβελός.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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