κολοβόω

koloboo

dock, curtail, mutilate

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Parts of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 8 670b32–671a25

671a16
Book IV 1
Chapter 13 695a28–697b13

695b2
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

771a2
History of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

487b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

κολοβόω, A. dock, curtail, mutilate, Arist. Fr. 101, Plb. 1.80.13; τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας LXX 2 Ki. 4.12:—Pass., to be mutilated, imperfect, Arar. 3, Thphr. HP 3.6.3; τῆς γυναικὸς τὴν ῥῖνα κολοβοῦσθαι D.S. 1.78; τῇ φώκῃ κεκολοβωμένοι πόδες Arist. HA 487b23, cf. GA 771a2: c. gen., κεκολοβῶσθαι τῶν ἐκτὸς μορίων Id. PA 695b2. II. of Time, curtail, shorten, τὰς ἡμέρας Ev.Marc. 13.20, cf. Ev.Matt. 24.22 (Pass.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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