ῥόδον

hrodon

rose

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 4
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Book II 1
Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23

1271b37
Book V 3
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1302b23
1302b32

Chapter 5 1304b19–1305a36

1304b27
On Colours 1
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Chapter 5 794b12–797a32

796a22
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7

1118a10
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 761a12–763b16

763a31
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 147 845a35–845b3

845b2
Ventorum Situs 1
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Chapter 1 973a1–973b25

973a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥόδον, τό, metaplast. dat. pl. ῥοδέεσσι v.l. in A.R. 3.1020:—A. rose, first in h.Cer. 6, cf. Thgn. 537, Pi. I. 4(3).18(36), Hdt. 8.138, IG 12.289; Aeol. βρόδον (q.v.); mostly of Rosa gallica, red rose, Thphr. HP 6.6.4, etc.; ῥ. ἑκατοντάφυλλον, Rosa centifolia, cabbage rose, ibid.; ῥ. ἄγριον, Rosa dumetorum, wild rose, ib.6.2.1: metaph., ῥόδα μʼ εἴρηκας youʼve spoken roses of me, have said all things sweet and beautiful, Ar. Nu. 910; πάττε πολλοῖς τοῖς ῥόδοις ib.1330: prov., ὗς διὰ ῥόδων ‘a bull in a china shop’, Crates Com. 4. 2. = ῥοδωνιά, Coluth. 348. II. Ῥόδα, τά,= ῥοδισμός, Rev.Hist.Rel. 97.275 (Bulgaria). III. pudenda muliebria, Pherecr. 108.29.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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