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. 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 Ra. 290, etc. ; νικᾶν τοῖς ὀρεῦσι win the mule-race, 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, 1111.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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