δορκάς

dorkas

an animal of the deer kind

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Parts of Animals 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 2 662b23–664a11

663a11
663b27
History of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4

499a9

Dictionary (LSJ)

δορκάς, άδος [ᾰ], ἡ, (δέρκομαι, δέδορκα) A. an animal of the deer kind (so called from its large bright eyes), in Greece, roe, Cervus capreolus, E. Ba. 699, X. Cyr. 1.4.7; in Syria and Africa, gazelle, Antilope dorcas, Hdt. 4.192 (in form ζορκάς), 7.69.—Other forms:—δόρξ, δορκός, ἡ, E. HF 376 (prob.), Call. Lav.Pall. 91, Luc. Am. 16: δόρκος, ὁ, Dsc. 2.75, Opp. C. 2.315, 3.3: δόρκων, ωνος, ὁ, Palamed. ap. Ath. 11.397a, LXXCa. 2.17, Ar.Byz. Epit. 3.15: ζορκάς (v. supr.): ζόρξ, Call. Dian. 97, Fr. 239, Nic. Th. 42: ἴορκος, Opp. C. 2.296, 3.3. (δόρκος and ἴορκος are distd. fr. δορκάς.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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