ὀγκώδης

ogkodes

swelling, rounded

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Parts of Animals 3
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Book III 2
Chapter 14 674a9–676a5

674b24
675b8
Book IV 1
Chapter 12 692b3–695a27

694a11
Generation of Animals 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 1 749a10–752a8

749b11
749b32
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 45 630a18–630b17

630a21
Poetics 1
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Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5

1459b35

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀγκώδης (A), ες, (ὄγκος B) A. swelling, rounded, πλευρὰ ἡ . . πρὸς τὴν γαστέρα -εστέρα, of a horse, X. Eq. 1.12 ; μέρος τι ὀ. (sc. τοῦ οἰσοφάγου) Arist. PA 674b24. 2. bulky, σώματα ὀ., of birds, ib.694a11, cf. GA 749b32 (Comp.). II. metaph., puffed up, Pl. Men. 90a ; τὸ ἡρωικὸν . . ὀγκωδέστατον τῶν μέτρων weightiest, Arist. Po. 1459b35 ; ὀ. ποιήματα bombastic, Phld. Po. 5.5 ; τὸ ὀ. turgidity, D.H. Din. 7, Heraclid. Pont. ap. Ath. 4.624d.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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