δίκτυον

diktyon

net

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 9
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Book IV 3
Chapter 8 532b29–535a26

533b16
533b19
533b25
Book V 1
Chapter 9 542b17–543a13

543a1
Book VIII 4
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

589b8
590b15

Chapter 13 597b31–599a19

598b14

Chapter 19 601b9–602b19

602b8
Book IX 1
Chapter 36 620a17–620b9

620b8
Generation of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 731b18–735a28

734a20
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 18 476b13–477a10

476b21

Dictionary (LSJ)

δίκτυον, τό, (δικεῖν) A. net: 1. fishing-net, δικτύῳ ἐξέρυσαν πολυωπῷ (sc. ἰχθύας) Od. 22.386; φελλοὶ δʼ ὣς ἄγουσι δ. A. Ch. 506; μολυβδὶς ὥστε δ. κατέσπασεν S. Fr. 840; δ. καθιέναι, ἀναιρεῖσθαι, Arist. HA 533b19, 602b8. 2. hunting-net, Hdt. 1.123, Ar. Av. 1083, etc.; larger than ἄρκυς, X. Cyn. 2.5, cf. Poll. 5.26,27. 3. metaph., δ. ἄτης, Ἅιδου, A. Pr. 1078 (anap.), Ag. 1115 (lyr.), cf. S. Fr. 932. 4. lattice-work, IG 11(2).165.4, 13 (Delos, iii B. C.). 5. bottom of a sieve, Hsch.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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