Aristotle Greek Lexicon δίκροος

δίκροος

dikroos

forked, cloven

Appears 26 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δίκροος, α, ον, contr. δίκρους, α, ουν; or δικρόος, contr. δικροῦς, , οῦν; also written δίκρος, α, ον:—A. forked, cloven, γλώσσημα A. Fr. 152, cf. X. Cyn. 10.7; ξύλον Timocl. 9.6; χηλή Arist. HA 590b25, etc.; of a serpentʼs tongue, Id. PA 660b6, al.; of the womb, in selachians, Id. HA 511a6; of muscles and tendons, Gal. 2.369; δίκρα ῥίζα Thphr. HP 9.11.3; δικροῖς ἐώθουν τὴν θεὸν—κεκράγμασιν (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for ξύλοις) Ar. Pax 637; δίκρουν or δικροῦν, τό, bifurcation, Hp. Coac. 225, cf. Pl. Ti. 78b; also δικρόα, , X. Cyn. 9.19, Thphr. HP 2.6.9.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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