κάμινος

kaminos

oven, furnace

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20

743a20
Book IV 1
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26

764a17
Meteorology 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 382b28–383b17

383a25
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 48 833b21–31

833b30

Dictionary (LSJ)

κάμινος [ᾰ], ἡ, A. oven, furnace, or kiln, for smelting, baking, burning earthenware and bricks, Hom. Epigr. 14, Hdt. 1.179, 4.164, A. Fr. 281, Critias 2.13 D., PPetr. 3p.141 (iii B.C.), etc.: pl., of Hephaestus’ forge, Anacreont. 27A2; flue for warming a room, Gal. 6.332, cf. 10.843; alcove, LXXNu. 25.8: prov. of one who ate hot dishes, κάμινος οὐκ ἄνθρωπος Crobyl. 8; κάμινον ἔχων ἐν τῷ πνεύμονι, of a drunkard, Com.Adesp. 633. (Perh. cogn. with καμάρα, q.v.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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