μέταλλον

metallon

mine, quarry

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 8
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Chapter 26 832a23–25

832a25
Chapter 33 832b26–28

832b28
Chapter 42 833a28–31

833a28
Chapter 52 834a23–30

834a23
834a27
Chapter 58 834b18–30

834b20
Chapter 93 837b26–31

837b27
837b30

Dictionary (LSJ)

μέταλλον, τό, A. mine, quarry, ἁλὸς μέταλλον salt-pit, salt-mine, Hdt. 4.185; μ. τετμημένον Hyp. Eux. 35; μ. παλαιὸν ἀνασάξιμον IG 22.1582.56: mostly in pl., χρύσεα καὶ ἀργύρεα μέταλλα gold and silver mines, Hdt. 3.57; τὰ ἀργύρεια μ., at Laurium, Th. 2.55; μέταλλα (alone) silver mines, X. Vect. 4.4; μαρμάρου μ. marble quarries, Str. 9.1.23. 2. mine in siege-operations, πολιορκεῖν διὰ τῶν μ. Plb. 16.11.2, al. 3. metaph., work, οὐδʼ ἐν τοῖς ἀργυρείοις [ἐστί] μοι μ. Alciphr. 1.36. II. later, mineral, metal, Sammelb. 4313 (i/ii A. D.), Ruf. ap. Orib. 5.3.21, Nonn. D. 11.26, Agath. 5.9, AP 7.363. (On the etym. cf. μεταλλάω.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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