μηλολόνθη

melolonthe

cockchafer

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 6
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Book I 2
Chapter 5 489a34–490b6

490a7
490a15
Book IV 3
Chapter 1 523a31–525a29

523b19

Chapter 7 531b20–532b28

531b25
532a23
Book V 1
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

552a16
Progression of Animals 1
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Chapter 10 709b20–710b4

710a10
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 15 474b25–475b14

475a6
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 682a35–683b3

682b14

Dictionary (LSJ)

μηλολόνθη, ἡ, A. cockchafer, Ar. Nu. 764, Artem. 2.22; ἔχει ἐν ἐλύτρῳ τὰ πτερά Arist. HA 490a15,532a23; τὸ πτερὸν ἔχει ἐν κολεῷ ib.531b25: μηλολάνθη, Poll. 9.122,124:—Dim. μηλολόνθιον, τό, Sch.Ar. V. 1332.

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