δρόσος

drosos

dew

Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 9
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Book I 8
Chapter 10 347a13–347b11

347a16
347a18
347a22
347a36

Chapter 11 347b12–33

347b17
347b20
347b31

Chapter 12 347b34–349a11

349a9
Book III 1
Chapter 6 377a29–378b6

378a31
De Mundo 5
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Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

394a15
394a23
394a26
394a26
Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

399a25
History of Animals 3
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Book IV 1
Chapter 7 531b20–532b28

532b13
Book V 2
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

551a1

Chapter 30 556a14–556b20

556b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

δρόσος, ἡ, A. dew, Hdt. 2.68, Pl. Ti. 59e: pl., A. Ag. 336, S. Aj. 1208 (lyr.), etc. 2. in Poets, pure water, ποντία δ. A. Eu. 904; δρόσῳ ἐναλίᾳ, θαλασσίᾳ, E. IT 255, 1192; ποταμίᾳ δ. Id. Hipp. 127 (lyr.); ποταμίαισι δρόσοις ib.78; ἐπὶ κρηναίαισι δρόσοις Id. IA 182 (lyr.); δρόσος alone, Ἀχελῴου δ. Id. Andr. 167; καθαραῖς δρόσοις Id. Ion 96 (lyr.); ἐκ ποταμῶν δρόσον ἄρατε Ar. Ra. 1339. 3. of other liquids, δ. ἀμπέλου Pi. O. 7.2; δ. φοινία A. Ag. 1390, etc.; ἀπόπτυστος Ar. Eq. 1285; of oil, AP 5.3 (Phld.); of honey, Philostr. Her. 19.19; δ. καλάμου sugar, Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.27.18: metaph., δρόσος κώμων Pi. P. 5.99. 4. down on the cheek, δ. καὶ χνοῦς Ar. Nu. 978, cf. Plu. 2.79d. II. metaph., the young of animals, A. Ag. 141 (lyr., pl.): in sg., δ. Ἡφαίστοιο Call. Hec. 1.2.3.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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