μυελός
myelos
marrow
Appears 33 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μυελός, ὁ, A. marrow, μυελὸς αὖτε σφονδυλίων ἔκπαλθʼ Il. 20.482, cf. Ti. 73b sq., 91b, HP 1.2.6, etc.: pl., 100b; brain, Tr. 781, UP 8.4; μ. ῥαχίτης spinal cord, Coac. 499; μ. νωτιαῖος 141. 2. fat, χηνὸς μ. Nat.Mul. 109, al. 3. marrow as good food, ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρὸς μυελὸν οἶον ἔδεσκε Il. 22.501 (but ἄλφιτα μ. ἀνδρῶν, as becoming or making marrow, Od. 2.290, cf. 20.108): metaph., φάγεσθε τὸν μ. τῆς γῆς Ge. 45.18. 4. metaph., νεαρὸς μ. Ag. 76 (anap.); πρὸς ἄκρον μ. ψυχῆς marrow, inmost part, Hipp. 255 (anap.); Τρινακρίας μ., of Syracuse, 28.18. 5. generally, soft, marrow-like meat, 186.10. [ῡ always in : ῠ always in Att.; so also in the deriv. words.]
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