ὑπόνομος

hyponomos

undermined

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 82 836b13–26

836b20
Chapter 99 838b3–11

838b5
Meteorology 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

350a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑπόνομος, ον, (ὑπονέμομαι) A. undermined, τόπος D.S. 3.37; χώρα ὑ. πυρὶ καὶ ὕδατι Str. 12.8.17. 2. underground, ὑ. τάφροι sewers, App. BC 4.13; ὀρύγματα J. AJ 7.9.6; ὑ. ἄντρον Str. 13.1.67; ὑ. τὴν ἀποφορὰν ἔχει, of a lake, Id. 12.8.19 (s. v. l.). 3. ὑ. ἕλκος a spreading ulcer with undermined edges, Dsc. 5.120; κόλποι ὑ. Id. 1.128, cf. Heras ap.Gal. 13.815. II. ὑπόνομος, ὁ, as Subst., underground passage, mine, Th. 2.76; οὐκέτι ὑπονόμοις, ἀλλʼ ἤδη μηχαναῖς αἱρεῖν τὴν πολιτείαν Plu. Caes. 6. 2. waterpipe, conduit, X. HG 3.1.7, Arist. Mete. 350a1, IG 22.2491.11, PCair.Zen. 745.19 (iii B. C.). 3. sewer, Str. 5.3.8, App. BC 4.40. 4. vein of minerals, X. Vect. 4.26.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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