κίσσα

kissa

jay, Garrulus glandarius

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book VII 1
Chapter 4 583b29–585a28

584a19
Book VIII 1
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

592b13
Book IX 3
Chapter 13 615b19–616a13

615b19
616a3

Chapter 20 617a18–22

617a20
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 774b5–775b24

774b28

Dictionary (LSJ)

κίσσα, Att. κίττᾰ, ἡ, A. jay, Garrulus glandarius, Ar. Av. 302, Antiph. 302, etc.; σοῦ δʼ ἐγὼ λαλιστέραν οὐπώποτʼ εἶδον . . , οὐ κίτταν Alex. 92; prov., ἁ κίττα τὰν Σειρῆνα μιμουμένα Gal. 8.632. 2. = ἰχθῦς ποιός, Hsch. II. ‘longing’ of pregnant women, craving for strange food, Dsc. 1.115, Sor. 1.48, S.E. M. 5.62: pl., Gal. 8.343.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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