ὄζος

ozos

bough, branch, twig

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 2
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Chapter 3 468b16–469a26

468b24
468b25
Mechanica 2
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Chapter 2 848b1–850a2

849b38
850a1
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

802a36
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 418a26–419b3

419a29
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 13 1414a31–1414b18

1414b18

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄζος, ὁ, Aeol. ὔσδος Sapph. 93 :—A. bough, branch, twig, Il. 1.234, 2.312, al., Hes. Th. 30, Pi. P. 4.263, etc. : prop. the knot or eye from which a branch or leaf springs, Arist. Juv. 468b25, Thphr. HP 1.1.9, Aret. SD 2.9 ; τυφλοὶ ὄ. unproductive eyes, mere knots, Thphr. HP 1.8.4 ; σκύταλον κεχαραγμένον ὄζοις Theoc. 17.31 ; σάρκινος ὄ., of the ear, Emp. 99. II. metaph., offshoot, scion, ὄ. Ἄρηος, as epith. of famous warriors, Il. 2.540, 12.188, al. ; τὼ Θησείδα ὄζω Ἀθηνῶν E. Hec. 123 (anap.); χρυσοῦ ὄ. ἀδάμας ἐκλήθη Pl. Ti. 59b. (Cf. Goth. asts, Germ. ast : in the phrase ὄζος Ἄρηος ὄ. perh. means follower, servant, cf. ὀζειέα and ἄοζος.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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