ὀρνίθιον

ornithion

small bird

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 10
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

487b25
Book IV 1
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

536b14
Book VIII 2
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

592b24

Chapter 4 594a4–24

594a17
Book IX 6
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

609a14
609a16

Chapter 17 616b19–32

616b28

Chapter 36 620a17–620b9

620a34
620b1

Chapter 50 631b19–633b8

633b6
Generation of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 718b36–719a29

719a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀρνίθιον, τό, Dim. of ὄρνις, A. small bird, Hdt. 2.77, Ar. Av. 223, Arist. HA 609a16, al. ; esp. chicken, Cratin. 113 ; τὰ χοιρίδια τέθνηκε καὶ τὰ μίκρʼ ὀ. Stratt. 58.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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