ἐδωδή

edode

food, meat, victuals

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book IV 1
Chapter 8 532b29–535a26

533a34
Book VI 1
Chapter 6 563a17–563b13

563a22
Book VIII 1
Chapter 9 596a3–12

596a4
Parts of Animals 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 6 682a35–683b3

683a5

Chapter 11 690b11–692b2

691a3
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7

1118a20
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 761a12–763b16

763b7
Meteorology 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 3 380a11–381b22

381a2
Politics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39

1253a37
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 5 442b27–445b2

445a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐδωδή, ἡ, A. food, meat, victuals, Il. 19.167, Od. 3.70, Hp. Acut. 47, X. Hier. 1.19, etc.; ἐ. καὶ πόσις Pl. Lg. 782e, cf. R. 350a, al.: pl., τῶν . . περὶ ἐδωδὰς ἡδονῶν ib.389e, cf. 519b. 2. forage, fodder for cattle, Il. 8.504. 3. bait for fish, Theoc. 21.43. II. act of eating, ὀδόντας ἔχει . . ἐδωδῆς χάριν Arist. PA 683a4; τῇ ἐ. τοῦ βοὸς [χαίρει] ὁ λέων Id. EN 1118a20; πουλύποδος Jul. Or. 6.181a, al. 2. meal, ἐπὶ μιᾶς ἐ. Arist. HA 596a4. 3. [ἀετὸς] ἀχθόμενος τῇ ἐ. wearied with feeding the young birds, ib.563a22.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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