πεδίον

pedion-2

plain

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 12 596b19–597b30

597a19
Book IX 3
Chapter 18 616b33–617a10

617a4

Chapter 32 618b18–619b12

618b19
618b22

Dictionary (LSJ)

πεδίον, τό, (πέδον) A. plain, in Hom. mostly sg., Il. 5.222, al. : in pl., 12.283, Hes. Op. 388, etc. ; ἐν πεδίῳ on a fertile plain, opp. ἐν πέτραις, Men. 719. b. metaph., of the sea, δελφινοφόρον πεδίον πόντου A. Fr. 150 ; πόντου π. Αἰγαῖον Ion Trag.60 ; π. πλόϊμα Tim. Pers. 89. 2. freq. with gen. or adj. of particular plains (mostly in sg.), πεδίον Αἰσώπου A. Ag. 297 ; τὸ Τροίας π. S. Ph. 1435 (but τὰ Τ. π. 1376) ; τὸ Θήβης π. Id. OC 1312 ; Καϋστρίων π. Ar. Ach. 68 ; τὸ Κιρραῖον π. Aeschin. 3.107 ; τὰ Θετταλικὰ π. Pl. Plt. 264c ; τὸ Ἄρειον π., = Lat. Campus Martius, D.H. 7.59. b. esp. the plain of Attica, IG 12.842C7, Hdt. 1.59, Th. 2.55, Is. 5.22. 3. ἱππέας εἰς π. προκαλεῖσθαι, prov. of challenging persons to do that in which they excel, Pl. Tht. 183d, cf. Men. 268. II. part of the foot next the toes, metatarsus, Gal. UP 3.5, al., Poll. 2.197. III. pudenda muliebria, Ar. Lys. 88.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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