κάλαϊς

kalais

precious stone of a greenish blue, turquoise

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 1098b9–1099b8

1099a22
Book IV 2
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17

1120a23
1121b4
Book VII 1
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34

1154a9
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 5 396a33–397b6

397a12

Dictionary (LSJ)

κάλαϊς or (in Plin. l.c.) κάλλαϊς, ιδος, ἡ, A. precious stone of a greenish blue, turquoise, Plin. HN 37.151. II. cock, IG 4.914.3 (Epid., v B. C.). III. = ἱστίον, Hsch.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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