Δημήτηρ

demeter

Demeter

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 82 836b13–26

836b25
Chapter 131 843b1–5

843b1
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1349a15

Dictionary (LSJ)

Δημήτηρ, τερος and τρος, ἡ: Dor., Arc., Boeot. Δαμάτηρ; also Δημήτρα Buresch Aus Lydien 69: acc. Δημήτραν Epigr. ap. Paus. 1.37.2: gen. Δαμάτρας IG 7.2793 (Copae); Aeol. Δωμάτηρ Hoffmann Griechische Dialekte 2.153 (Aegae); Thess. dat. Δαμμάτερι IG 9(2).1235:—A. Demeter, Il. 2.696, al., once in Od., 5.125, h.Cer., etc. 2. appell., as a name for bread, Opp. H. 3.463; cf. ἀκτή, καρπός. (Variously expld. by Gramm. as, = Γημήτηρ, δημομήτηρ, or from δηαί, = κριθαί, cf. EM 265.54.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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