ἱέραξ
hierax
hawk, falcon
Appears 34 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἱέραξ [ῐ], ᾱκος, ὁ, Ion. and Ep. ἴρηξ [ῑ], ηκος (the longer form first in 28, Andr. 1141, Ps.-Orac. ap. Eq. 1052):—A. hawk, falcon, ἴρηξ ὠκύπτερος Il. 13.62, cf. 819, Od. 13.86, Op. 212, 2.65, HA 620a17; sacred to Apollo, Av. 516. II. a kind of fish, 68 (in Dor. form ἱάραξ), Epaenet. ap. 7.329a. III. name for a grade of initiates in Mithras-worship, Abst. 4.16. IV. name of a bandage, Fasc. 12.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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