κύστις
kystis
bladder
Appears 64 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κύστις, εως, ιος, also ιδος 31.12 (cf. infr. II), ἡ: (κύω):— A. bladder, Il. 5.67, 13.652, Fr. 394, Art. 41, Ti. 91a, Bel. 102.40, etc.; ὥσπερ κύστιν φυσᾶν, of the wind swelling out the clouds, Nu. 405; κ. ὑεία used as a pouch, Fr. 504; οἴνου κύστεις μεστάς 19. II. in pl. κύστιδες, bags under the eye, Phgn. 811b14: sg., 1.22. III. ulcer on horseʼs back, Hippiatr. 26.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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