ὕστριξ

hystrix

porcupine, Hystrix cristata

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 490b7–491a26

490b29
Book VI 1
Chapter 30 579a18–30

579a29
Book VIII 1
Chapter 17 600a27–601a22

600a28
Book IX 1
Chapter 39 622b27–623b4

623a33

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὕστριξ, ῐχος (but in Opp. C. 3.391 ὑστρίγγων, from ὕστριγξ) ὁ and ἡ, A. porcupine, Hystrix cristata, Hdt. 4.192, Arist. HA 490b29, 579a29, 600a28, Ael. NA 1.31. II. in pl., something obtained from pigs, prob. bristles, Pl.Com. 28. III. ὕστριχας (acc. pl.) ἢ σίδηρον as instruments of punishment, prob. whips, the cat, Ph. ap. Eus. PE 8.14; cf. sq. 1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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