ῥαφή

hraphe

seam

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 8
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Book I 2
Chapter 7 491a27–491b8

491b2
491b5
Book III 6
Chapter 5 515a27–515b26

515b14

Chapter 7 516a8–516b30

516a15
516a18
516a19
516a20

Chapter 14 519b7–12

519b10
Parts of Animals 3
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Book II 2
Chapter 7 652a24–653b18

653a37

Chapter 14 658a11–658b13

658b4
Book III 1
Chapter 4 665a27–667b9

667a7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥαφή, ἡ, A. seam, ἱμάντων Od. 22.186; [χιτῶνος] Plu. Cleom. 37. 2. suture of the skull, κεφαλὴ οὐκ ἔχουσα ῥαφήν Hdt. 9.83, cf. Hp. VC 1 (pl.), Pl. Ti. 76a, Arist. HA 491b2, 516a15; also of the heart and other parts, Id. PA 667a7, 677b19; ῥαφαὶ ὀστέων E. Ph. 1159, Supp. 503. II. stitching, sewing, τρήσει καὶ ῥαφῇ χρωμένη σύνθεσις Pl. Plt. 280c; αἱ ῥ. τοῦ τραύματος, of a wound that had been sewn up, D.C. 43.11.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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