λύσσα
lyssa
rage, fury
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λύσσα, Att. λύττᾰ, ἡ, A. rage, fury, in always of martial rage, κρατερὴ δέ ἑ λ. δέδυκεν Il. 9.239; λ. ἔχων ὀλοήν ib.305; λ. δέ οἱ κῆρ αἰὲν ἔχε κρατερή 21.542. 2. after , raging madness, frenzy, such as was caused by the gods, as that of Io, λύσσης πνεύματι μάργῳ Pr. 883 (anap.); of Orestes, Ch. 287, Or. 254, etc.; of the Proetides, 10.102; of Bacchic frenzy, ἐλαφρὰ λ. Ba. 851; θοαὶ Λύσσας κύνες, of the Furies, ib.977 (lyr.); λύσσῃ παράκοπος Th. 680: strengthd., λ. μανιάς Fr. 941.4; λύττα ἐρωτική Lg. 839a; λ. alone, of raging love, 3.47; simply, rage, Ir.p.77 W.; fanaticism, περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις 8.148 (pl.). 3. personified, Λύσσα the goddess of madness, HF 823. II. rabies, in dogs, An. 5.7.26, HA 604a5, 1.296; in horses, Abst. 3.7. 2. the worm under the tongue of dogs, removed from the belief that it produces rabies, HN 29.100.
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