Aristotle Greek Lexicon καρκίνιον

καρκίνιον

karkinion

hermit-crab, Pagurus

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

καρκίνιον, τό, Dim. of καρκίνος, A. hermit-crab, Pagurus, Arist. HA 529b20; a smaller species, ib.547b17. II. = καρκίνος III, Hp. Morb. 2.37. III. a kind of slipper, in pl., Herod. 7.128.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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