λάταξ

latax

the drops of wine in the bottom of the cup which were thrown into a basin with a splash

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

487a22
Book VIII 2
Chapter 5 594a25–595a6

594b32
595a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

λάταξ [ᾰ], ᾰγος, ἡ, usu. in pl. λάταγες, in the game of κότταβος, A. the drops of wine in the bottom of the cup which were thrown into a basin with a splash, λάταγες ποτέονται κυλίχναν ἀπὺ Τηΐαν Alc. 43; ἀπʼ ἀγκύλης . . ἵησι λάταγας Cratin. 273, cf. Hermipp. 47.7 (anap.), Critias 2.2 D., Call. Fr. 102: so collectively in sg., ξανθὴ Ἀφροδισία λ. S. Fr. 277 (lyr.). II. a water-quadruped, perh. beaver, Arist. HA 487a22, 594b32.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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