πελάγιος

pelagios

of the sea

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 8
Open History of Animals ›
Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488b7
Book IV 2
Chapter 1 523a31–525a29

524a32

Chapter 5 530a32–531a7

530b5
Book V 1
Chapter 18 549b29–550b21

550b12
Book VI 1
Chapter 17 570a25–571b2

570b28
Book VIII 2
Chapter 13 597b31–599a19

598a12

Chapter 19 601b9–602b19

602a16
Book IX 1
Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

621b22
Parts of Animals 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 5 678a27–682a34

679a14

Chapter 8 683b25–684b5

684a6

Dictionary (LSJ)

πελάγιος, α, ον, also ος, ον E. Hel. 1062, 1436 :—A. of the sea, κλύδων Id. Hec. 701 ; ἀγκάλαι Id.Hel.ll. cc. ; πλάξ Ar. Ra. 1438 ; πελαγίαν ἅλα the broad sea, A. Pers. 427, cf.467 ; of animals, living in the sea, E. Hipp. 1276 (lyr.) ; τῶν δὲ θαλαττίων [ζῴων] τὰ μὲν π. τὰ δὲ αἰγιαλώδη Arist. HA 488b7 ; opp. παράγεια, ib.602a16 ; π. ἰχθύες, opp. πρόσγειοι, ib.598a2 ; φῦκος π. Thphr. HP 4.6.4 ; ἱέραξ π. PMag.Par. 1.211. 2. out at sea, on the open sea, S. Tr. 649(lyr.) ; of seamen or ships, π. πλεῖν Th. 8.39, cf. 101 ; π. ἐπιφανῆναι ib.44 ; π. ἀνάγεσθαι X. HG 2.1.17 ; π. ἄνεμοι Str. 3.2.5. 3. epith. of Poseidon, IG 22.410.17 ; of Aphrodite, Artem. 2.37 ; of Isis, Paus. 2.4.6 ; θεοὶ π. Plu. 2.161c. 4. near the sea, π. τόποι, opp. μεσόγειοι, Sor. 1.22. 5. γῆ π., a kind of earth, Androm. ap. Gal. 13.928. 6. πελάγια· τὰ κρόταλα, ἡ δὲ ῥίνος πελαγία, Hsch.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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