Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἔγκυος

ἔγκυος

egkyos

Epigr Gr

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔγκυος, ον, (κύω) A. = ἐγκύμων, Hdt. 1.5, 6.131, Hp. Aph. 5.42, etc.; πῶλος ἡσυχίης ἔγκυος, of the Trojan horse, AP 9.156 (Antiphil.); γαστρὸς ἀπωσαμέναν μόρον ἔγκυον, of one dying in child-birth, Epigr Gr. 238 (Smyrna), cf. IG 12(7).301 (Amorgos). 2. of plants, Arist. HA 595b27.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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