κομήτης

kometes

wearing long hair

Appears 24 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 22
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Book I 22
Chapter 1 338a20–339a10

338b23

Chapter 3 339a33–341a36

339a35

Chapter 6 342b25–344a4

342b25
342b28
343a23
343a36
343b1
343b5
343b26

Chapter 7 344a5–345a10

344a21
344a22
344a32
344a35
344b1
344b16
344b33
345a2
345a6

Chapter 8 345a11–346b15

345b35
346a14
346b1
346b13
Categories 1
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Chapter 10 11b15–13b35

13a35
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

395b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

κομήτης, ου, ὁ, (κομάω) A. wearing long hair, of the Persians, Orac. ap.Hdt. 6.19; of dissolute men, Pherecr. 14, Ar. Nu. 348, 1101, etc.; ὁ ἐν Σάμῳ κ., prov. variously expld., Duris 62 J., etc.; also, simply, with hair on the head, opp. φαλακρός, Pl. R. 454c, cf. Grg. 524c; κ. τὰ σκέλη Luc. Bacch. 2. 2. metaph., κ. ἰός a feathered arrow, S. Tr. 567; κ. λειμών a grassy meadow, E. Hipp. 210 (anap.); θύρσος κισσῷ κομήτης Id. Ba. 1055. II. κομήτης, with or without ἀστήρ, ὁ, comet, Arist. Mete. 343b5, Epicur. Ep. 2p.52U., etc. III. = τιθύμαλλος χαρακίας, Dsc. 4.164.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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