κόλαξ
kolax
flatterer, fawner
Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κόλαξ, ᾰκος, ὁ, A. flatterer, fawner, Pax 756, 28.4, Phdr. 240b, etc.; τύχης κόλακες 65; πάντες οἱ κ. θητικοὶ καὶ οἱ ταπεινοὶ κ. EN 1125a1, cf. 1108a29, Char. 2.1; parasite, 159.1, ap. 6.4. 2. in later Gr., = Att. γόης, p.113 P. II. lisping pronunciation of κόραξ, V. 45.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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