λάρος

laros

sea-mew, gull

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 7
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Book II 1
Chapter 17 506b32–509a23

509a3
Book V 2
Chapter 9 542b17–543a13

542b17
542b19
Book VIII 3
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

593b3
593b4
593b14
Book IX 1
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

609a24

Dictionary (LSJ)

λάρος [ᾰ], ὁ, a ravenous sea-bird, perh. A. sea-mew, gull, Od. 5.51, Arist. HA 542b17, 593b3: hence, metaph., of greedy demagogues, as Cleon, λ. κεχηνὼς ἐπὶ πέτρας δημηγορῶν Ar. Eq. 956; Κλέωνα τὸν λ. δώρων ἑλόντες Id. Nu. 591, cf. Av. 567, Matro Conv. 9, Timocl. 4.9; also of fools, Luc. Tim. 12, Sch.Ar. Pl. 913.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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