κολοβός

kolobos

docked, curtailed

Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 8
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Book I 6
Chapter 17 721a30–721b35

721b17
721b17

Chapter 18 722a1–726a27

724a3
724a4
724a5
724a5
Book II 1
Chapter 7 745b21–747a22

746a9
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

770b32
Metaphysics 8
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Book Δ 8
Chapter 27 1024a11–28

1024a11
1024a12
1024a15
1024a19
1024a22
1024a23
1024a25
1024a28
History of Animals 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 6 585b5–586a14

585b36
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 8 1408b21–1409a21

1409a19
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 17 175a31–176b28

176a40

Dictionary (LSJ)

κολοβός, όν (also -ός, ή, όν Artem. 2.3, IGv.infr.), A. docked, curtailed, c. gen., κολοβὸς ἀγέλη κεράτων Pl. Plt. 265d; κ. χειρῶν APl. 16.186 (Xenocr.). 2. abs., maimed, mutilated, X. Cyr. 1.4.11; οὐδὲν κ. προσφέρομεν πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, ἀλλὰ τέλεια καὶ ὅλα Arist. Fr. 101; ζῷα κ. Id. GA 746a9, cf. 721b17; ὄνος κ. PCair.Zen. 215.10 (iii B.C.), PGen. 23.5 (i A.D.), BGU 806.4 (i A.D.); of trees, stunted, τὰν ἐλαίαν τὰν κολοβάν IG 14.352i11 (Halaesa), cf. Dsc. 1.76; ἄνθη Thphr. HP 8.3.3; of persons, undersized, Procop. Arc. 8: generally, short, ἐσθῆτες Artem. l.c.; χιτών Dam. Isid. 138; ξίφος Lyd. Mag. 1.12; of a period in Rhet., curtailed, incomplete, Arist. Rh. 1409a18 (so in Comp. -ώτερόν πως ὑφᾶναι τὸν λόγον Chor. in Philol. 54.123); ὄνομα half-uttered, Them. Or. 1.4b; of a cup, broken, chipped, Arist. Metaph. 1024a15, Theopomp.Hist. 243; of a wall, dwarf, τειχίον, τεῖχος, App. Mith. 26, Procop. Aed. 2.1; of a cone, truncated, Hero *Stereom. 2.42: metaph., ἀρετή Max.Tyr. 37.1; κίνησις, in paralysis, Gal. 7.588; κ. κῦμα, = κωφόν, Sch.Ar. Eq. 689. Adv. -βῶς elliptically, opp. σαφῶς, ἐρωτᾶσθαι Arist. SE 176a40. II. κολοβόν, τό, a measure, PLond. 5.1694.22, al. (VI A.D.).

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