ὄροβος

orobos

bitter vetch, Vicia Ervilia

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book III 2
Chapter 21 522b6–523a12

522b27
522b29
Book VI 1
Chapter 14 568a11–569a9

568b22
Book VIII 1
Chapter 7 595b4–21

595b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄροβος, ὁ, A. bitter vetch, Vicia Ervilia, Thphr. HP 2.4.2, al., Dsc. 2.108, Sammelb. 4369a9 (iii B. C.), etc. : freq. in pl., of its seeds, Hp. VM 8, Acut. 21, Vict. 2.45, Heraclit. 4 (prob.), D. 22.15, Arist. HA 522b29, Thphr. HP 8.1.4, D.Chr. 6.62, etc. II. = χάλαζα II, Eust. 853.55. (Cf. ἐρέβινθος.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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