ἤλεκτρον
elektron
amber
Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἤλεκτρον, τό, and ἤλεκτρος, ὁ or ἡ (gender indeterminate in , , and , neut. in 3.115, HP 9.18.2, 102a, masc. in Ant. 1038 codd., Eust.ad 293, fem. in Eq. 532, Aphr.Pr.Praef.), A. amber (cf. Ἠλεκτρίδες) , [ὅρμος] μετὰ . . ἠλέκτροισιν (i.e. pieces of amber) ἔερτο Od. 15.460, cf. 18.296, 3.115, Ti. 80c, Sign. 1, 1.24, etc.; ἠλέκτρου λιβάδες 4.606. II. an alloy of gold and silver, χρυσοῦ τʼ ἠλέκτρου τε καὶ ἀργύρου ἠδʼ ἐλέφαντος Od. 4.73, cf. Sc. 142, Epigr. 15.10, Pytheas ap. 11.465d; τἀπὸ Σάρδεων ἤ. Ant. 1038 (cj.): in pl., of the pegs of a lyre, ἐκπιπτουσῶν τῶν ἠλέκτρων Eq. 532. (The two senses are difficult to distinguish in early Poetry; cf. 5.12.7, HN 33.80, 37.31. The word is connected with ἠλέκτωρ.)
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