δέλεαρ

delear

bait

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 16
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Book IV 12
Chapter 4 527b35–530a31

528b33

Chapter 8 532b29–535a26

533a33
533a34
534a12
534a14
534b3
534b5
534b26
535a9
535a20

Chapter 10 536b24–537b21

537a9
537a11
Book V 1
Chapter 15 546b15–548a21

547a29
Book VIII 2
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

591a21
591b17
Book IX 1
Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

620b15

Dictionary (LSJ)

δέλεαρ, ατος, τό, Ep. δεῖλαρ (q.v.); Ep. gen. δελείατος Numen. ap. Ath. 7.305a; dat. pl. δελέασσιν Opp. H. 3.437: contr. in dat. δέλητι Hsch.; neut. pl. δέλητα cj. in Theoc. 21.10:—Α. bait, X. Mem. 2.1.4, Plb. 15.21.6 (pl.): metaph., δ. τινος bait for a person, E. Andr. 264, cf. Fr. 981.5, Luc. Rh.Pr. 25 (pl.), etc.; τιμαὶ γάρ, ἆθλα, δ. ἂ ὁ θεὸς ἔδωκεν ἀνθρώποις Antipho Soph. 49: c. gen. rei, an incitement to . ., ἡδονὴ κακοῦ δέλεαρ Pl. Ti. 69d, cf. J. Ap. 2.39; δ. σοφίης Epigr.Gr. 880.6 (Cyzicus).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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