κολοιός

koloios

jackdaw, Corvus monedula

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book VII 2
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12

1235a8
1235a8
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book VIII 2
Chapter 1 1155a3–1155b16

1155a34
1155a35
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3

1371b17
1371b17
History of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 17 506b32–509a23

509a1
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 120 842a1–10

842a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

κολοιός, ὁ, A. jackdaw, Corvus monedula, Il. 16.583, 17.755, Ar. V. 129, Av. 50, al., Thphr. Char. 21.6, Sign. 39, Arat. 963, al., Ael. NA 4.30, Dionys. Av. 3.18; κραγέται κολοιοί Pi. N. 3.82:—Arist. HA 617b16 distinguishes three species, κορακίας, λύκος, βωμολόχος (qq.v.): he also mentions a web-footed κολοιός, found in Lydia and Phrygia, which is prob. the little cormorant, Phalacrocorax pygmaeus; cf. Ath. 9.395e (citing Ar. Ach. 875):—Proverbs: κολοιὸς ποτὶ κολοιόν ‘birds of a feather flock together’, Arist. EN 1155a34, etc.; κολοιὸς ἀλλοτρίοις πτεροῖς ἀγάλλεται ‘borrowed plumes’, Luc. Apol. 4; κύκνον ἡγοῦ τὸν κ. ‘your geese are swans’, Lib. Ep. 42.3; of impudent noisy talkers, πολλοὶ . . σφε κατακρώζουσι κολοιοί Ar. Eq. 1020; of Agathocles, Timae. 145. (Cf.κολῳός, κολῳάω.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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