ὀρεινός

oreinos

mountainous, hilly

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book V 1
Chapter 28 555b18–556a7

556a4
Book VIII 2
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

592b19

Chapter 29 607a9–34

607a10
Book IX 2
Chapter 30 618a31–618b8

618b3

Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

624b28
Meteorology 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

350a7
351a3
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18

1331a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀρεινός, ή, όν, (ὄρος) A. mountainous, hilly, χώρη Hdt. 1.110, cf. 2.34 ; opp. πεδινός, X. Cyr. 1.6.43 ; opp. πεδιάς, J. BJ 3.3.4 ; ὀρεινὴν οὖσαν [τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν] Arist. Mete. 351a3 ; ἡ ὀρεινή hill-country, Id. HA 556a4, al. II. of or from the mountains, dwelling on the mountains, οἱ ὀ. Θρᾶκες Th. 2.96, X. An. 7.4.11 ; of birds, Arist. HA 592b19 ; of plants, Thphr. HP 6.8.3 ; τὸ ἄγριον καὶ τὸ ὀ. his wild and mountain nature, Pl. Cra. 394e : metaph., ὀ. ἱμάτιον, = ἄκναπτον, Com.Adesp. 328. III. in Egypt, belonging to the edge of the desert, esp. as epith. of canals, PTeb. 61(b).160, al. (ii B. C.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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