γομφίος

gomphios

grinder-tooth, molar

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book II 2
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4

501b4

Chapter 8 502a16–502b23

502a30
Book IV 1
Chapter 2 525a30–527a35

526a21
Parts of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 661a34–662b22

661b8
Book IV 1
Chapter 11 690b11–692b2

691b2
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 8 788b3–789b20

789a1
Physics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 198b10–199b33

198b26

Dictionary (LSJ)

γομφίος (sc. ὀδούς), ὁ, more Att. than μύλος, Moer. 111: (γόμφος): —A. grinder-tooth, molar, chiefly in pl., Hp. Epid. 5.100, Hdt. 9.83, Ar. Pax 34, etc.; ψοφεῖ δʼ ὁ γ. Epich. 21; γομφίους συγκρούων with his teeth chattering, Babr. 92.8; opp. προσθίος, X. Mem. 1.4.6, Arist. PA 661b8. II. tooth of a key, Ar. Th. 423.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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