κυάνεος

kyaneos

made of

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 6
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Book VI 1
Chapter 12 566b2–567a16

566b12
Book VIII 2
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

592b27
593b11
Book IX 3
Chapter 13 615b19–616a13

615b29

Chapter 14 616a14–34

616a15

Chapter 21 617a23–27

617a27
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 58 834b18–30

834b20
Chapter 130 843a1–32

843a25
Meteorology 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 342a34–342b24

342b15
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 4 440b26–442b26

442a24

Dictionary (LSJ)

κυάνεος, α, ον, contr. κῠᾰνοῦς, ῆ, οῦν Pl. Ti. 68c, etc., prob. in A. Pers. 81 (lyr.), Euph. 51.7 (cf. κύανος II):—A. made of κύανος (q.v.), κάπετος Il. 18.564; δράκοντες 11.26, cf. 39, Hes. Sc. 167. II. of the colour of κ., dark-blue, glossy, of the swallow, Simon. 74; of the halcyon, Arist. HA 616a15; of the skin of the porpoise, ib.566b12; of the deep sea, E. IT 7, cf. Arist. Pr. 932a31; πόντου κ. δῖναι Xenarch. 1.7; κ. χρῶμα Pl.l.c.; τὸ κ. ἐξ ἰσάτιδος καὶ πυρώδους Thphr. Sens. 77. 2. generally, dark, black, of the mourning veil of Thetis, Il. 24.94; of clouds, 5.345, 20.418, Od. 12.75; of the brows of Zeus, Il. 1.528; χαῖται 22.402; γενειάδες Od. 16.176; ἄνδρες, of Africans, Hes. Op. 527; γαῖα ψάμμῳ κυανέη (of the bottom of Charybdis) Od. 12.243; κ. χθών, of Delos, Pi. Fr. 87.4; κ. θάλαμος, of the chamber of Persephone, Sapph. 119; φάλαγγες κ. dark masses of warriors, Il. 4.282; κυάνεον Τρώων νέφος 16.66: metaph., Κῆρες κ. Hes. Sc. 249; κ. δνόφος Simon. 37.8; λόχμα Pi. O. 6.40; Ἄιδης IG 14.1389ii25. [ῡ, metri gr., in dactylic verse, Hom., etc.]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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