κέρκος
kerkos
tail
Appears 41 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κέρκος, ἡ, A. tail of a beast (not a bird), e.g. swine, Ach. 785; dog, κέρκῳ σαίνειν Eq. 1031; κ. λαγῶ a hareʼs scut, ib.909; horse, Phdr. 254d, Sert. 16; of all sorts of beasts, PA 689b2, al.; of fishes, HA 565b29; ἡ κ. ποιεῖ καλῶς, of omens in sacrificing, Pax 1054, cf. Sch. ad loc., 130. 2. membrum virile, Th. 239; ἡ ἀνώνυμος κ. 5.45; of an animal, κ. βοός, used as a tawse, 3.68. II. handle, Lex. 7. III. small animal that injures the vine, 2. = ἀλεκτρυών, Id. IV. tongue of flame, Sch. Ph. 1257.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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