περίσσωμα
perissoma
that which is over and above
Appears 288 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
περίσσωμα, ατος, τό, Att. περίττωμα, ατος, τό, A. that which is over and above, esp. that which remains after the digestion of food, either as a secretion or an excretion, defined as τὸ τῆς τροφῆς ὑπόλειμμα, GA 724b26, cf. Fr. 293, Iatr. 4.35, 141, 2.130a, etc.; ταῦτα δὲ [τὰ π.] ἐστὶ κόπρος, φλέγμα, χολή HA 511b9; also of hair and nails, Or. 6.189b. 2. metaph., refuse, dregs, ὥσπερ π. τῆς πόλεως Cor. 12.
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