Aristotle Greek Lexicon λαπαρός

λαπαρός

laparos

slack, loose

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λαπαρός, ά, όν, A. slack, loose, τὸ λ. τῆς πλευρῆς, = λαπάρα, Hp. Art. 50; of the bowels, Id. Prog. 11; λαπαρὸς εἰλεός, Id. Epid. 2.6.26, Orib. 8.28.5; λ. γίνεσθαι have the bowels opened, Arist. Pr. 935b28; ἵππος λ. ὢν ἀλγεῖ Id. HA 604b16 (nisi leg. λαπάρας ἀνέλκει); of a dislocated joint, ὄπισθεν λαπαρόν, ἔμπροσθεν ἐξέχον Hp. Mochl. 24; hollow, of a cushion, μέσον κατὰ μῆκος ποιήσαντα λαπαρόν Id. Fract. 16; πλευρέων ὀδύναι λαπαραί, perh. slight, Id. Epid. 6.3.18 (so perh. λ. εἰλεός above). Adv. -ρῶς, ὑποχονδρίου ἔντασις λαπαρῶς, i.e. without swelling, ib. 3.1.β (opp. μετʼ ὄγκου acc. to Gal.ad loc.). II. lewd, lecherous, Hsch.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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