Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἔχις

ἔχις

echis

viper

Appears 2,644 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔχις [Nic. Th. 223, -ῑς metri gr. IG 2.1660], εως, ὁ ( Opp. C. 3.439), gen. pl. ἔχεων Pl. Euthd. 290a: gen. sg. ἔχιος Nic. Th. 130: pl., dat. ἐχίεσσι ib.826; gen. ἐχίων ib.653; acc. ἔχιας ib.9, but ἔχεις Thphr. Char. 1.7:—A. viper, Pl. Smp. 217e, Arist. HA 511a16, etc.: metaph., συκοφάντης καὶ ἔ. τὴν φύσιν D. 25.96; ὥσπερ ἔ. ἢ σκορπίος ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον ib.52; cf. ἔχιδνα. II. = ἔχιον II, Nic. Th. 541, 636, Plin. HN 22.50.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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