ὕαινα
hyaina
hyena
Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὕαινα [ῠ], ἡ, prop. a fem. of ὗς: I. the striped hyena, a carnivorous animal with a bristly mane like a hog (whence the name), Hyaena striata, 4.192, HA 579b15, NA 7.22, C. 3.263; also called γλάνος, HA 594a31; cf. κροκόττας. 2. a kind of antelope, NA 15.15 (s.v.l.). II. a sea-fish, ap. 7.326f, NA 13.27; also ὑαινίς, ίδος, ἡ, 65; v. ὗς II. III. in Abst. 4.16 ὑαίνας is most prob. an error for λεαίνας, as the corresponding masc. is λέοντες.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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ὕαινα — with the passages
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