ῥανίς

hranis

drop

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

349b31
Book III 3
Chapter 4 373a32–375b15

374a9
374a34
374b1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥανίς, ίδος, ἡ, (ῥαίνω) A. drop, πέτρην κοιλαίνει ῥ. ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ Choeril. 10, cf. Acus. 4 J.; ὑγραὶ ῥ. E. Ion 106 (anap.); δρόσου Id. Andr. 227, LXX Wi. 11.22; ῥ. βέβληκέ με a rain-drop, Ar. Ach. 171, cf. Arist. Mete. 349b31, 374a9. 2. semen virile, AP 10.45 (Pall.). 3. metaph., drop, spot, τὰ πτίλα ἔχει ῥανίδας Ael. NA 17.23, cf. 38; αἱ τοῦ χρυσοῦ ῥ. Philostr. VA 3.48.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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