ἅλως
halos
threshing-floor
Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἅλως [ᾰ], ἡ, gen. ἅλω VM 13, Oec. 18.8, ἅλωος AP 6.258 (Adaeus); dat. ἅλῳ Ph. 198b22; acc. ἅλω Th. 489, IG 2.834b ii 21, ἅλων Th. 166, ἅλωα Fr. 51: pl., nom. ἅλῳ Mete. 344b2, ἅλωες Intr.Arat. 32, ἅλως 42.6, Sign. 22; acc. ἅλως Mir. 835b9, etc.: (v. sub ἀλέω A):—A. threshing-floor, l. c., X.l.c., etc.; grain on the floor, 122.10 (ii A.D.):—hence, from round shape, II. disk of sun or moon, or shield, l.c.: later, halo, Mete. 344b2, Ep. 2p.51U., 5.640, etc. 2. serpentʼs coil, Th. 166. 3. birdʼs nest, NA 3.16. 4. ciliary body of the eye, 2.71. 5. circular piazza at Delphi, GDI 2101, 2642.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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