κίρκος

kirkos

hawk

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Bekker number — each links into the reader.

History of Animals 3
Open History of Animals ›
Book IX 3
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

609b3

Chapter 36 620a17–620b9

620a18

Chapter 50 631b19–633b8

633a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

κίρκος, ὁ, a kind of A. hawk or falcon, ἴρηξ κίρκος (where ἴρηξ is the generic term, κίρκος the specific), Od. 13.87, cf. Il. 22.139, A. Pr. 857, Arist. HA 620a18, Opp. C. 1.64; κίρκου λεπάργου A. Fr. 304.5. (The species cannot be identified.) II. a kind of wolf, Opp. C. 3.304. III. circle, mostly in form κρίκος (q.v.): hence, ring, IG 11 (2).161B 49 (Delos, iii B.C.): poet. for Prose κρίκος acc. to Poll. 1.94:—neut. pl. κίρκα ἢ καταδέσματα PMag.Lond. 121.299. IV. later, = Lat.circus, Plb. 30.22.2, Arr. Epict. 3.16.14, Plu. Aem. 32. V. unknown stone, Plin. HN 37.153. VI. = κωπηλάτης, Hsch., Phot. VII. = ἡ τοῦ αἰγείρου βλάστησις, Hsch.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of κίρκος — with the passages he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated, interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide. Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.

‹ All lexicon entries