νῆττα

netta

duck

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book II 2
Chapter 17 506b32–509a23

509a3
509a21
Book VIII 2
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

593b16
593b17

Dictionary (LSJ)

νῆττα, Ep. and Ion. νῆσσα Hdt. 2.77, Arat. 918, Boeot. νᾶσσα Ar. Ach. 875, ἡ:—A. duck, Hdt. l.c., Ar. Av. 566, etc.; νῆττα ἀργυρᾶ IG 22. 1436.53. (From ṇ-tyă, cf. Skt. ātis ‘water-fowl’, Lat. anas, anat-is, Lith. ántis ‘duck’, etc.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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