κισσός

kissos

ivy, Hedera Helix

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 2
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Book V 1
Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

554b14
Book IX 1
Chapter 5 611a15–611b31

611b18
On Colours 1
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Chapter 5 794b12–797a32

796b11
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 5 830b23–831a3

831a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

κισσός, Att. κιττός, ὁ, A. ivy, Hedera Helix, of three kinds, two climbing (μέλας and λευκός), and one creeping (also called ἕλιξ), Thphr. HP 3.18.6, cf. Dsc. 2.179, h.Bacch. 40; ἀτενής S. Ant. 826 (lyr.); κισσοῦ στέφανος OGl 49.7 (Egypt, iii B.C.); sacred to Dionysus, κισσῷ . . στεφανωθεὶς Διόνυσον θεραπεύει E. Ba. 81 (lyr.); κύκλῳ δὲ περί σε κ. εὐπέταλος ἕλικι θάλλει Ar. Th. 999: hence οἴνωψ (or οἰνωπός) S. OC 674 (lyr.). II. = κιρσός (Achaean), Hsch.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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