ἔλυτρον

elytron

covering

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 489a34–490b6

490a14
Book IV 1
Chapter 7 531b20–532b28

532a23
Book VII 1
Chapter 8 586a31–586b26

586b23
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 421a7–422a7

421b29
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 682a35–683b3

682b14

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔλυτρον, τό, (εἰλύω) A. covering: 1. bow-case, S. Fr. 1043 (pl.); sheath of a spear, Ar. Ach. 1120; mirror-case, IG 2.706Ab13; χοᾶ ἐν ἐ. ib.11 (2).219B 76 (Delos, iii B.C.); case of a shield, D.S. 20.11 (pl.). 2. sheath of the spinal cord, Hp. Art. 45: the shard of a beetleʼs wing, Arist. HA 532a23; shell of a crab, Ael. NA 9.43; of the eye-lids, Arist. de An. 421b29; of the umbilical cord, Id. HA 586b23. 3. husk or capsule of seeds, J. AJ 3.7.6; the flowering glume of ζέα δίκοκκος, Dsc. 2.89. 4. the body, as being the case or shell of the soul, Pl. R. 588e, Poet. ap. Luc. Demon. 44. 5. reservoir for water, Hdt. 1.185,4.173, Paus. 2.27.7, al.; tank for fish, Palaeph. 27. (Cf. Skt. varútram ‘cloak’, varūtár- ‘protector’.) [ῠ Ar.l.c.]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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