ἑσμός

hesmos

that which settles

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 7
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Book V 2
Chapter 21 553a17–553b6

553a23

Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

553b23
Book IX 5
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

624a27
624a30
625a19
625b26
626b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑσμός, ὁ, (ἕζομαι) A. that which settles, esp. a swarm of bees, Hdt. 5.114, Pl. Lg. 708b, X. HG 3.2.28 ; ἑ. λαμβάνειν Plu. Dio 24 ; of wasps, καθʼ ἑσμούς in swarms, Ar. V. 1107. 2. any swarm or flock, ἑ. ὑβριστής, of men, A. Supp. 30(anap.) ; ἑ. ὡς πελειάδων ἵζεσθε ib.223 ; γυναικῶν Ar. Lys. 353, etc. ; [τεχνιτ] ῶν Pae.Delph. 14 ; στρατιᾶς Epigr.Gr. 985 (Philae). 3. (ἵημι) of things, ἑσμοὶ γάλακτος streams of milk, E. Ba. 710 ; ἑ. μελίσσης γλυκύς, i.e. honey, Epin. 1.7 ; ἑ. νούσων A. Supp. 684 (lyr.); λόγων Pl. R. 450b ; πληγῶν Ph. 2.95 ; παθῶν Porph. Abst. 1.34. 4. = ὁδός, Hsch.; πατρίδος καλῆς τὸν ἐπάξιον ἑ. ἑλέσθαι Arch.Pap. 1.220(ii B.C.). (ἐ-freq. in codd., but cf. Ar. V.l.c., Eust. 178.16.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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