ἔδεσμα

edesma

meat, food

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book III 2
Chapter 20 521b4–522b5

522a4

Chapter 21 522b6–523a12

522b14
Book VII 1
Chapter 4 583b29–585a28

585a25
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14

1238a23
Generation of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 20 727b33–729a33

728a6
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 356b4–359b26

359b16
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19

1406a19
Topics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 106a1–107b37

107a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔδεσμα, ατος, τό, (ἔδω) A. meat, food, Pl. Ti. 73a, Antiph. 26.10: pl., eatables, meats, Batr. 31, X. Hier. 1.23, Pl. R. 559b, Antiph. 82.1, Porph. Abst. 1.55: metaph., οὐ γὰρ ἡδύσματι χρῆται ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐδέσματι τοῖς ἐπιθέτοις Arist. Rh. 1406a19:—Dim. ἐδεσμάτιον, τό, Procl.ad Hes. Op. 41.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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