γόμφος

gomphos

bolt

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Metaphysics 2
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Book Η 1
Chapter 2 1042b9–1043a28

1042b18
Book Ι 1
Chapter 1 1052a15–1053b8

1052a24
Parts of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 654a32–655b27

654b21
Book IV 1
Chapter 10 685b29–690b10

690a13
Physics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 3 226b18–227b2

227a17

Dictionary (LSJ)

γόμφος, ὁ, A. bolt, for ship-building, Od. 5.248; for other uses, Hes. Op. 431, A. Th. 542; dowel, SIG 246ii40 (Delph., iv B. C.); γόμφοις καὶ περόνῃσιν ἀρηρότε Parm. 1.20; γόμφῳ ἢ κόλλῃ ἢ ἁφῇ Arist. Ph. 227a17, cf. Metaph. 1052a24: generally, bond, fastening, as of the cross-ribs of Egyptian canoes, Hdt. 2.96; of the ankle-joint, Arist. PA 654b21; of the in visible bonds uniting the partieles of the body, Pl. Ti. 43a: metaph., γ. κατάστοργοι, of love, Emp. 87; τῶνδʼ ἐφήλωται . . γόμφος διαμπάξ these things are determined, A. Supp. 945:—acc. to EM 238.4, γ. were prop. of wood; but cf. γ. χαλκοί IG 9 (1).691 (Corc.), γ. σιδηροῖ Plb. 13.7.9. 2. instrument for cautery, Hippiatr. 97. 3. = γόμφιος, Hsch. II. sea-fish, = γομφάριον, Gloss. (Cf.Skt. jámbhas ‘tooth’, Lith. žaṁbas ‘edge of a beam’, etc.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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