ὠμοφάγος

omophagos

eating raw flesh, carnivorous

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 6
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Book IX 6
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

608b25
609b1
609b4
609b13
610a14

Chapter 11 614b31–615a19

615a4
Parts of Animals 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 12 692b3–695a27

693a13
694a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὠμοφάγος (parox.), ον, A. eating raw flesh, carnivorous, of savage beasts, λέοντες, θῶες, λύκοι, Il. 5.782, 11.479, 16.157; θῆρες h.Ven. 124; of the Centaurs, Thgn. 542; of savage men, Th. 3.94, Str. 15.1.57, Porph. Abst. 1.13; of certain daemons, ὠμοφάγοι χθόνιοι PMag.Par. 1.1444; τὰ ὠ. carnivores, Hp. Vict. 2.49 cod.M, Arist. HA 608b25, PA 694a1; ὠ. χάρις (cf. ἀνδροβρώς) E. Ba. 139 (lyr.). II. rarely proparox. ὠμόφᾰγος, ον, Pass., eaten raw, of sacrifices offered to Dionysus, E. Fr. 472.12 (anap., τάς τʼ ὠμοφάγους δαίτας τελέσας codd. perh. rightly, cf. ὠμοφάγιον).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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