ἐμπίς

empis

mosquito, gnat

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 489a34–490b6

490a21
Book V 2
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

551b27
552a7
Book VIII 1
Chapter 17 600a27–601a22

601a3
Generation of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 16 721a2–29

721a10

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐμπίς, ίδος, ἡ, A. mosquito, gnat, Ar. Nu. 157; ἐμπίδες ὀξύστομοι Id. Av. 245, cf. Arist. HA 490a21, Porph. Abst. 3.20; the gnat Chironomus, Arist. HA 551b27; prob. may-fly, ib.601a4. 2. larva of the οἶστρος, ib.487b5 (v.l.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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