ἔρα
era
earth
Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔρα, ἡ, A. earth, Erot. s.v. ἕρπει, Sch.Il.Oxy. 221x28, EM 369.24 (also expld. as, = κοιλία), cf. 16.4.27:—Adv. ἔραζε, Dor. ἔρασδε, to earth, κατὰ δὲ πτερὰ χεῦεν ἔραζε Od. 15.527 ; ἀπὸ δʼ εἴδατα χεῦεν ἔ. 22.85, cf. Op. 421,473 ; so νιφάδες δʼ ὡς πῖπτον ἔ. Il. 12.156 ; οὑμὸς δὲ πότμος..κυρῶν ἄνω ἔ. πίπτει Fr. 159 ; ὄρπακες βραβύλοισι καταβρίθοντες ἔρασδε 7.146 ; on the ground, θάλλειν 2.66.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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