μύλη

myle

mill

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 4
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Book IV 4
Chapter 7 775b25–776a14

775b25
775b27
775b33
776a13
History of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 493b12–494b18

494a5
Meteorology 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 382b28–383b17

383b7

Dictionary (LSJ)

μύλη, ἡ, A. mill: in Hom., hand-mill turned by women, αἱ μὲν ἀλετρεύουσι μύλης ἔπι μήλοπα καρπόν Od. 7.104; γυνὴ . . ἀλετρὶς πλησίον, ἔνθʼ ἄρα οἱ μύλαι ἥατο 20.106; μύλην στρέφειν, περιάγειν, περιφέρειν, περιελαύνειν, Poll. 7.180; μηδὲ μύλαν (Dor.) ἐνεῖμεν μηδὲ ὅλμον IG 22.1126.24 (Amphict. Delph., iv B. C.): Cret.acc. pl. μύλανς Schwyzer 180.6. II. nether millstone (the upper being ὄνος), Ar. V. 648: pl., αἱ μύλαι Arist. Mete. 383b7, cf. Pherecr. 10. III. knee-pan, Hp. Off. 9, Com.Adesp. 450, Arist. HA 494a5, Paus. 1.35.5. IV. hard formation in a womanʼs womb, Hp. Mul. 1.71, 2.178, Arist. GA 775b25. V. pl., molars, LXX Jb. 29.17, Anon.Lond. 24.24, Gal. UP 9.15: sg., of an assʼs tooth, PMag. Lond.125.22, al. VI. = μῶλυ, Gal. 12.80: root of λάπαθον, Aët. 1.251. (Cf. Lat. molo, Goth. malan ‘grind’, etc.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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