κάπρος

kapros

boar

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 7
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Book II 2
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4

500b6

Chapter 13 504b13–505b4

505a13
Book IV 1
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

535b18
Book V 2
Chapter 14 544b12–546b14

545b2
546a7
Book VI 1
Chapter 18 571b3–573b16

573b10
Book IX 1
Chapter 50 631b19–633b8

632a7
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 650b14–651a19

651a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

κάπρος [ᾰ by nature], ὁ, A. boar, esp. wild boar, Il. 17.725, Pl. La. 196e, etc.; also σῦς κ. Il. 5.783, 17.21, cf. Ar. Lys. 202 (ubi v. Sch.); ἧπαρ κάπρου Id. Fr. 318.5: in fem. sense, sow, ὀχευομένους τοὺς κάπρους Anaxandr. 47. II. a sea-fish, Capros aper, Philem. 79.21, Arist. HA 505a13; a species found in the Achelous, ib.535b18. (Cogn. with Lat. caper, ONorse hafr ‘he-goat’, but not with Lat. aper.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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