Λιβύη
libye
the west bank of the Nile
Appears 24 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Λιβύη [ῠ], ἡ, Libya, Od. 4.85, 14.295, 1.46, etc.; also for Africa generally, 4.42, al.; A. the west bank of the Nile, 8.9 (ii B.C.), PLond. 1.3.8 (ii B.C.): prov., ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν or κακόν, HA 606b20, 2.51:—Adv. Λῐβύηθεν, from Libya, 46, 222:—also Λῐβύηθε, Dor. Λῐβῠ-ᾱθε, Al. 368, 1.24:—Adj. Λῐβῠκός, ή, όν, 2.8, etc.; Λ. ὄρνεον, i.e. a strange, foreign bird, Av. 65; Λ. λόγοι a kind of fables resembling those of Aesop, Rh. 1393a30; also, western, Tetr. 119; = δυτικός, Par.Ptol. 29.
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