κίναιδος

kinaidos

catamite

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Physiognomonics 4
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Chapter 3 807a31–808b10

808a12
Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

810a34
813a18
813a35

Dictionary (LSJ)

κίναιδος [ῐ], ὁ, A. catamite, Pl. Grg. 494e, etc.: generally, lewd fellow, Herod. 2.74, PSI 5.483.1 (iii B.C.), Arcesil. ap. Plu. 2.126a. 2. public dancer(?), PTeb. 208 (i B.C.), perh. also CIG 4926 (Philae). 3. pl., obscene poems, D.L. 9.110. II. a sea-fish, Plin. HN 32.146. III. = κιναίδιον, Gal. 12.740,800.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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