ὀπή

ope

opening, hole

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book VI 1
Chapter 1 558b8–559a14

559a4
Book IX 2
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17

612b6

Chapter 39 622b27–623b4

623a30
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 8 831a15–18

831a16
831a17

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀπή, ἡ, A. opening, hole, ὀπὰς γὰρ εἶχεν οὐκ ὀλίγας [τὸ τριβώνιον] Ar. Pl. 715 ; a mouseʼs hole, Sannyr. 8 ; of holes in the earth, Arist. HA 559a4, al. ; in a door, Luc. Asin. 52 ; in a rock, LXXEx. 33.22 ; of an orifice in the body, Poll. 5.73 ; ἡ ὀπὴ τῶν ὤτων Id. 2.84 (cod. B). 2. hole in the roof, serving as a chimney, = κάπνη, καπνοδόκη, Ar. V. 317 (lyr.), 350 ; καὶ διʼ ὀπῆς κἀπὶ τέγους Id. Fr. 11, cf. Xenarch. 4.11. II. pl., in Archit., holes in the frieze left to receive the beam-ends, Vitr. 4.2.4 ; later, of windows, lights in doors, αἱ ὀ. τῶν τοίχων Ptol. ap. Simp. in Cael. 710.21 ; σιδήρια ἐξ ὀπῆς IG 4.39 (Aegina, v B. C.). III. (ὄψομαι, ὄπωπα) sight, τοὶ μήτʼ ἀκουὰν μήτʼ ὀπὰν πεπαμένοι Cerc. 4.23.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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