ἐκκολάπτω

ekkolapto

erase, obliterate

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 2
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Book VI 1
Chapter 3 561a4–562b2

562a14
Book IX 1
Chapter 29 618a8–30

618a13
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 3 830b11–19

830b13

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκκολάπτω, A. erase, obliterate, τὸ ἐλεγεῖον Th. 1.132 ; τὸ ψήφισμα D. 57.64 ; τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς any part of.., CIG(add.)4224d (Anticragus), cf. Aristid. 1.425J. II. peck the chick out of the egg, hatch, Arist. HA 618a13 ; ἐ. τοὺς ἀνθρώπους Luc. VH 1.22 ; ἧπαρ Id. Prom. 9 :— Pass.,Arist. HA 562a14 ; ᾠὸν ἐκκεκολαμμένον empty egg-shell, Thphr. HP 3.16.4 ; of a seam of ore, Gal. 12.239.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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