Μηδικός

medikos

Median

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 6
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Book II 1
Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28

1274a13
Book V 4
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1303a5

Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18

1303b33
1304a21

Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25

1307a4
Book VIII 1
Chapter 6 1340b20–1341b14

1341a30
History of Animals 3
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Book III 1
Chapter 21 522b6–523a12

522b26
Book VIII 1
Chapter 8 595b22–596a2

595b28
Book IX 1
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

627b17
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 11 94a20–95a9

94a36
Metaphysics 1
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Book Δ 1
Chapter 11 1018b9–1019a14

1018b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

Μηδικός, ή, όν, A. Median: τὰ Μηδικά (sc. πράγματα) the Median affairs, esp. the war with the Medes, the name given by Gr. historians to the great Persian war, Th. 1.14, Arist. Pol. 1303b33, etc.; ὁ Μ. πόλεμος Th. 1.90,95; Μ. ἐσθής, i.e. silken garments, Procop. Pers. 1.20: Comp. τὰ -ώτερα Philostr. VA 1.25. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, κατεσκευασμένος ib.3.26. II. Μηδικὴ πόα, lucerne, Medicago sativa, Ar. Eq. 606; M. alone, Thphr. HP 8.7.7, Dsc. 2.147 (by some written μηδίκη, Hdn.Gr.1.316, Eust. 1967.27, cf. D.S. 3.43 codd.). 2. μηδική, ἡ, = ἑλένιον, Dsc. 1.28, Plin. HN 14.108. III. μῆλον Μηδικόν, v. μῆλον (B). IV. ὀπὸς Μηδικός a form of silphium juice, prob. assafoetida, Dsc. 3.80, Philum. Ven. 3.2. V. Μηδικόν, τό, perh. a tomb in Persian style, JHS 22.124.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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