ὑμήν
hymen
thin skin, membrane, caul
Appears 100 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὑμήν, ένος, ὁ, A. thin skin, membrane, caul, of those which enclose the brain and heart, HA 494b29, 519b4, al.; the foetus, ib. 586a20, 1.57, Gaur. 10.3; the bowels, PA 673b4; the eye, 1.103, UP 10.7,9; ὑ. περικάρδιος the pericardium, ὑ. περιτόναιος the peritoneum, 2.217, 224; ὑ. ὑγρός the large dorsal sinew of cartilaginous fish, NA 14.26; the membrana nictitans of birds, PA 657a30; the wing of insects, ib.682b18. 2. capsule or seed-vessel of plants, HP 1.11.2, Gp. 5.2.11; ὁ ἔξωθεν ὑ., opp. ἡ ἔνδοθεν σάρξ, of a date, 2.13. 3. thin plate of metal, 1.503, 6.230d. 4. parchment, Aristeas 176, AJ 12.2.11 (pl.). 5. in Eub 67.5 Pors. restored ὕφεσιν for ὑμέσιν. [ῠ 4.1648.]
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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