κύκνος
kyknos
swan, Cycnus olor
Appears 36 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κύκνος, ὁ, A. swan, Cycnus olor, κύκνων δουλιχοδείρων Il. 2.460, cf. Sc. 316, R. 620a, Cat. 25, etc.; sacred to Apollo, Av. 870, Phd. 85b, Ap. 5: Com., βάτραχοι κ. Ra. 207; κύκνου δίκην τὸν ὕστατον μέλψασα θανάσιμον γόον Ag. 1444: hence, metaph., minstrel, bard, AP 7.19 (). II. kind of ship, prob. from its prow being curved like a swanʼs neck, 10. III. eye-salve, 12.708, 759, etc. [ῡ by position in Ep.; ῠ O. 2.82, 16.49 in pr. n. Κύκνος.]
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