ὁπλή

hople

hoof

Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 10
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

486b20
Book III 3
Chapter 9 517a6–517b2

517a7
517a15

Chapter 11 517b21–518b34

518b33
Book VI 2
Chapter 21 575a13–575b20

575a29
575b8
Book VIII 4
Chapter 23 604a13–21

604a15

Chapter 24 604a22–605a15

604a24
604b17
605a11
Parts of Animals 5
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Book II 2
Chapter 9 654a32–655b27

655b3
655b6
Book III 2
Chapter 2 662b23–664a11

663a28
663a32
Book IV 1
Chapter 10 685b29–690b10

690a9
Generation of Animals 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20

743a15
744b25
745a1
On Colours 1
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Chapter 6 797a33–799b20

797b19

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὁπλή, ἡ, (ὅπλον) A. hoof, in Hom. always the solid hoof of the horse, Il. 11.536,20.501, cf. Ar. Eq. 605, Porph. Abst. 3.9 : after Hom., like χηλή, the cloven hoof of horned cattle, h.Merc. 77, Hes. Op. 489, Pi. P. 4.226, Hdt. 2.71, Pl. R. 586b, Arist. HA 575b8 ; τοῦ βοὸς ὁπλά SIG 1026.19 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.) ; of swine, Semon. 28, Ar. Ach. 740 ; of sheep, Arist. Fr. 253 :—distd. from χηλή, Gal. UP 3.4.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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