ἔχιδνα
echidna
viper
Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔχιδνα, ἡ, (ἔχις) A. viper, 3.108, Tr. 771, Smp. 218a, etc.; prob. of a constrictor snake, 28.3: metaph., of a treacherous wife or friend, Ch. 249, Ant. 531; ἱματισμένη ἔ., of woman, Sent. 8; γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν brood of vipers, term of reproach, in Ev.Matt. 3.7. II. pr. n. of a monster, Th. 297, Tr. 1099.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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