Aristotle Greek Lexicon ὀρεύς

ὀρεύς

oreus

mule

Appears 22 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀρεύς, Ion. οὐρεύς, έως, ὁ (even ὁ θῆλυς ὀ. Arist. HA 577b22, though τῆς θηλείας follows τοῖς θήλεσιν ib.573a16), A. mule, in Il., as a beast of draught and burden, always in Ion. form, synon. with ἡμίονος, cf. 23.115 with 121, and 24.702 with 716 ; also in Ar. Ra. 290, etc. ; νικᾶν τοῖς ὀρεῦσι win the mule-race, Arist. Rh. 1405b25.—In Att. ἡμίονος is the usual word, though the Adj. ὀρικός is preferred to ἡμιονικός by Moer.p.273 P. II. poet. Adj. for ὀρεινός, Lyc. 1111.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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