ἐχῖνος
echinos
hedgehog
Appears 46 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐχῖνος, ὁ (on the accent, v. Hdn.Gr.1.183), A. hedgehog (prop. ἐ. χερσαῖος, as in Sign. 30), Erinaceus europaeus, 118, 83, Pax 1086, Ion Trag.38, Ichn. 121, etc. 2. sea-urchin, 53, 24; ἐ. θαλάττιος Euthd. 298d. II. large wide-mouthed jar, Mul. 2.172, Steril. 230, V. 1436, 415, Epit.Fr. 10, , , 6.91. 2. vase in which the notes of evidence were sealed up by the διαιτηταί, in cases of appeal from their decision, 45.17,48.48, Ath. 53.2, Char. 6.8. III. hard case of beech-mast, chestnuts, etc., HP 3.10.1, 43, 2. neck-vertebra of the κεστρεύς, Dorio ap. 7.306f. IV. third stomach of ruminating animals, PA 676a11, 674b15, HA 507b6, Mir. 17; βοῶν ἐ. Fr. 250; also, gizzard of graminivorous birds, NA 14.7. V. pl., sharp points at each end of a bit, Eq. 10.6, 1.148; but = τῶν ὑποστομίων τὰ κοῖλα, ib.184. VI. Archit., cushion of the Doric and Tuscan capital (prob. from its form), 4.3.4, 4.7.3. 2. = οἱ τῶν τειχῶν ἀγκῶνες, VII. a kind of cake, ap. 14.647a, VIII. a plant, v.l. ἔρινος (q.v.), 4.141, 11.880, 7.3. (Cf. OHG. igil, Slav. ježǐ, Lith. ežỹs.)
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