ὀϊστός
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Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀϊστός, Att. οἰστός ( Fr. 1063.13, Med. 634 (lyr.)), ὁ (also ἡ Zeno ap. Ph. 239b30), A. arrow, πικρὸς ὀ. Il. 4.134, al.; χαλκήρης 13.650 ; τριγλώχις 5.393 ; τανυγλώχις 8.297 : rare in Att. Prose, πυρφόροις οἰστοῖς 2.75, Ion 535b, Lg. 795a, An. 2.1.6 : metaph., of a poem, O. 2.90,9.12 ; ὁ τῆς σοφίας ὀ. All. 34. II. a plant, arrow-head, Sagitta sagittifolia, Mago ap. HN 21.111. III. the constellation Sagitta, ap. 1.11.10.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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