κεστρεύς
kestreus
mullet
Appears 29 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κεστρεύς, έως, ὁ, A. mullet, = νῆστις, Int. 30, Fr. 156, 29, HA 591a22, Mir. 93, Hices.and ap. 7.307d, 1.7; as nickname of a starveling (since its stomach was found empty), 2; κ. νηστεύει, prov. of those too honest to make gains, 7.307c, cf. Ep. 332.2.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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