ὀργάς

orgas

any well-watered, fertile spot of land, meadow-land

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 1103a14–1103b25

1103b18
Book IV 1
Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10

1125b26
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1
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Chapter 4 1250a33–1250b5

1250a42

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀργάς (sc. γῆ), άδος, ἡ, A. any well-watered, fertile spot of land, meadow-land, partially wooded, with or without cultivated fields, IG 12.325.18, E. Ba. 340,445, El. 1162 (lyr.), X. Cyn. 9.2, AP 6.41 (Agath.); ὑπʼ ὀργάδα τὰν Ἀχέροντος Hymn.Is. in Not.Arch. 4.212. 2. rich tract of land sacred to the gods: such a tract between Athens and Megara, sacred to Demeter and Persephone, was specially called ἡ ὀ. or ἱερὰ ὀ., D. 13.32, Call. Fr. 35 P., Plu. Per. 30, Paus. 3.4.2, cf. IG 22.204.8,16 ; similarly perh. ὀργή in Herod. 4.46 (s.v.l.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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