ἰχώρ
ichor
ichor, the juice
Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἰχώρ [ῑ], ῶρος, ὁ, A. ichor, the juice, not blood, that flows in the veins of gods, Il. 5.340,etc.: Ep.acc. ἰχῶ ib.416: in pl., of the Giants, 6.3.5; later simply, blood, Ag. 1480 (anap.). II. the watery part of animal juices, serum (cf. 15.345), of the blood, Cord. 11, Ti. 83c, HA 521b2 (also in pl., v.l. in 521a18), PA 651a18; of gall, χολώδεας ἰχῶρας Acut. (Sp.) 1; of milk, whey, HA 521b27; gravy of underdone meat, Fr. 57.6; juice of burning logs, 1.119, Eup. 1.120. 2. serous or sero-purulent discharge, VC 19, HA 630a6 (pl.), 10.184, etc.; ἰχῶρες ὑδαρεῖς ὕπωχροι, from women in childbirth, HA 586b32; of the putrefied blood of a viper, Mir. 845a8; of naphtha (prob.), regarded in legend as due to the putrefaction of Giants’ corpses, ib.838a29.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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