κάμηλος
kamelos
camel, Camelus bactrianus
Appears 35 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κάμηλος [ᾰ], ὁ and ἡ (as in Av. 1563), A. camel, Camelus bactrianus and C. dromedarius (cf. HA 499a13), Supp. 285, etc.; τοὺς ἔρσενας τῶν κ. 3.105; κ. ἀμνός a camel-lamb, i.e. young camel, Av. 1559 (lyr.); κ. δρομάς Alex. 31: prov., κάμηλον καταπίνειν Ev.Matt. 23.24; cf. κάμιλος. 2. ἡ κ. camelry, 1.80. (Semitic word, cf. Hebr. gāmāl.)
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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