καρχαρόδους

karcharodous

with saw-like teeth

Appears 24 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 14
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Book II 7
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4

501a16
501a18
501a23

Chapter 7 502a5–15

502a7

Chapter 10 502b28–503a14

503a8

Chapter 13 504b13–505b4

505a28

Chapter 17 506b32–509a23

508b2
Book IV 2
Chapter 2 525a30–527a35

526a19
526a20
Book VIII 5
Chapter 5 594a25–595a6

594a26
594b18

Chapter 6 595a7–595b3

595a7
595a8
595a14
Parts of Animals 8
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 654a32–655b27

655b10
Book III 4
Chapter 1 661a34–662b22

661b19
662a6
662a27

Chapter 14 674a9–676a5

675a2
Book IV 3
Chapter 11 690b11–692b2

691a9

Chapter 13 695a28–697b13

697a2
697b6
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 8 788b3–789b20

788b16
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 17 476a16–476b12

476b11

Dictionary (LSJ)

καρχαρόδους, ὁ, ἡ (neut. -όδουν Plot. 6.7.9), gen. -όδοντος, A. with saw-like teeth, καρχαρόδοντε δύω κύνε Il. 10.360; κυνῶν ὕπο κ. 13.198; ἅρπην κ. Hes. Th. 180; applied to Cleon, Ar. Eq. 1017, V. 1031; καρχαρόδοντα . . ὅσα ἐπαλλάττει τοὺς ὀδόντας τοὺς ὀξεῖς Arist. HA 501a18; opp. χαυλιόδους, Id. PA 661b19; of the lobsterʼs claws, Id. HA 526a19.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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