λόφος

lophos

back of the neck

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

486b13
Book II 1
Chapter 12 503b29–504b12

504b9
Book VIII 1
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

592b24
Book IX 2
Chapter 25 617b19–22

617b20

Chapter 26 617b23–26

617b23
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 4
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Chapter 94 837b32–838a4

837b34
Chapter 102 839a12–25

839a14
Chapter 104 839a34–839b8

839b1
839b2
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 6 1407b26–1408a9

1408a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

λόφος, ὁ, A. back of the neck; of a horse, withers, Il. 23.508; ὑποζυγίων Dsc. 4.185; of a man, nape of the neck, Il. 10.573: metaph., ὑπὸ ζυγῷ λόφον ἔχειν have the neck under the yoke, i.e. obey patiently, S. Ant. 292; cf. εὔλοφος II. II. crest of a hill, ridge, Od. 11.596, 16.471, Hdt. 2.124; so always in Pi., as O. 8.17, N. 5.46, and in Th. 4.124, Pl. Lg. 682b. III. crest of a helmet, κυνέην . . ἵππουριν, δεινὸν δὲ λόφος καθύπερθεν ἔνευεν Il. 16.138, cf. 6.469, 15.537; λεῦκοι ἴππιοι λ. Alc. 15.2; χρύσεος λ. Il. 18.612, cf. 19.383; τρεῖς κατασκίους λ. σείει A. Th. 384, cf. Ar. Ach. 575, 586; λόφων ἐπένευον ἔθειραι Theoc. 22.186; of Carian origin acc. to Hdt. 1.171; λ. τε σείων Κάρικον Alc. 22; λ. ὑακινθοβαφής, on a Persian helmet, X. Cyr. 6.4.2; λ. τρίχινοι PSI 5.533.7 (iii B.C.); Ar. jeers at the λόφοι of Lamachus, Ach. 575, 586, 965 sq., 1074.—Rare in any of these senses in Att. Prose. 2. after Hom., crest or tuft on the head of birds, whether of feathers, as the larkʼs crest, Simon. 68, cf. Arist. HA 617b20; or of flesh, as the cockʼs comb, Ar. Eq. 496, Av. 1366, Arist. HA 486b13, Phld. Rh. 2.188 S.: metaph., ῥήματα . . ὀφρῦς ἔχοντα καὶ λόφους Ar. Ra. 925. 3. of men, tuft of hair upon the crown, λόφους κείρεσθαι shave so as to leave tufts, Hdt. 4.175; Χῖος λ. a tonsure in the middle of the head, Eust. 1462.38. 4. of large fishes, = λοφιά, Plu. 2.978a.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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