ᾠοειδής

ooeides

egg-shaped, ovoid

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 527b35–530a31

529b18
Book V 3
Chapter 1 538b28–539b16

539b12

Chapter 26 555a22–26

555a23

Chapter 28 555b18–556a7

555b24
Generation of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 731b18–735a28

733a31
Book III 1
Chapter 9 758a26–759a7

758b3
On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 286b10–287b21

287a20

Dictionary (LSJ)

ᾠοειδής, ές, A. egg-shaped, ovoid, Arist. HA 539b12, 555b24, GA 733a31, Eudox. Ars 19.14; cf. ᾠώδης. II. τὸ ᾠ., = τὸ ὑδατοειδές, the aqueous humour of the eye, Gal. 19.358, Aët. 7.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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