γνάθος
gnathos
jaw
Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
γνάθος [ᾰ], ἡ, A. jaw, Prose form of γναθμός, also freq. in Poets, γ. ἱππείη Epigr. 14.13; ἡ ἄνω, ἡ κάτω γ., Art. 30, cf. 2.68; καὶ γ. καὶ τὸ ἄνω τῆς γ. (where γνάθος, = lower jaw) 9.83; ἔπαγε γνάθον take your teeth to it! V. 370; γνάθου δοῦλος a greedy fellow, Fr. 282.5; also ὄνου γ. 434: freq. in pl., Phdr. 254e, PA 664a11. 2. cheek, in pl., VM 19, 2.424, etc.; τὰς γ. φυσῶν 19.314, cf. Onom. 47, 18(1).423. 3. metaph., ποταμοὶ πυρὸς δάπτοντες ἀγρίαις γνάθοις Pr. 370, cf. Ch. 280; also τραχεῖα πόντου Σαλμυδησσία γ., of jagged rocks, Pr. 726. II. point of a wedge, ib.64.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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