κηρίον
kerion
honeycomb
Appears 64 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κηρίον, τό, κηρός) A. honeycomb, mostly in pl., h.Merc. 559, Th. 597, 5.114, etc.; κ. καὶ λίβανον, as offerings, Supp.Epigr. 3.774 (Crete, i B.C.): sg., R. 552c, 19.2, IG 5(2).514.14 (Lycosura, ii B.C.); τὸ κ. τοῦ μέλιτος 1 Ki. 14.27; used in Medicine, Morb. 2.45, 3.17; παιδίον κηρίῳ βεβυσμένον having its mouth stopped with a piece of honeycomb, Th. 506, cf. Sch. ad loc., 1.86; κ. σφηκῶν 2.92: κηρία, τά, honey, 36, ap. 2.38f. 2. metaph., of a book of poems, AP 9.190: pl., title of Anthologies, Praef. 6. 3. metaph., of anything pleasant, τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τὸ κ. Ep. 112.1. II. a cutaneous disease, = μελικηρίς, 2.135 (pl.), 7.728, al.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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