Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἔχιδνα

ἔχιδνα

echidna

viper

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔχιδνα, , (ἔχις) A. viper, Hdt. 3.108, S. Tr. 771, Pl. Smp. 218a, etc.; prob. of a constrictor snake, Act.Ap. 28.3: metaph., of a treacherous wife or friend, A. Ch. 249, S. Ant. 531; ἱματισμένη ἔ., of woman, Secund. Sent. 8; γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν brood of vipers, term of reproach, in Ev.Matt. 3.7. II. pr. n. of a monster, Hes. Th. 297, S. Tr. 1099.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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