ὑστέρα

hystera

womb

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 7
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Book I 3
Chapter 11 718b36–719a29

719a9

Chapter 19 726a28–727b32

727b23

Chapter 20 727b33–729a33

728a1
Book II 2
Chapter 4 737b8–741a5

738a9
739a37
Book III 1
Chapter 1 749a10–752a8

749a27
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

773a16
History of Animals 7
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Book I 2
Chapter 14 493b2–11

493b5

Chapter 17 496a4–497b2

497a34
Book III 2
Chapter 1 509a27–511a35

511a12
511a28
Book VI 1
Chapter 10 564b14–566a1

565b2
Book VII 2
Chapter 4 583b29–585a28

584b22

Chapter 9 586b27–587a8

587a8

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑστέρα, Ion. ὑστέρη, ἡ, A. womb, Hp. VM 22, Aph. 5.22, Arist. HA 493a25, Thphr. HP 9.13.3, Sor. 1.2, etc.; freq. in pl. ὑστέραι, Ion. gen. -έων, Hdt. 4.109, Hp. Coac. 515, Pl. Ti. 91c:—with a play on the Adj. ὑστέρα (the second woman), Ath. 13.585d. 2. ovary of animals, Arist. GA 720a26, HA 511a22; of birds, ib.564b21; reptiles, ib.508a13; fishes, ib.566a7. (Lit. the upper or protruding part, Skt. úttaras ‘upper’, Comp. of úd ‘upwardsʼ; so also Skt. udáram ‘bellyʼ; cf. ὕστρος· γαστήρ, Hsch.; or perh. ἡ ὑ. (sc. μήτρα or δελφύς) the back part.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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