φάραγξ

pharagx

cleft, chasm

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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Metaphysics 1
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Book Γ 1
Chapter 4 1005b35–1009a5

1008b16
Meteorology 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

350b36
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18

1393b24
Ventorum Situs 1
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Chapter 1 973a1–973b25

973b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

φάραγξ [ᾰ], αγγος, ἡ, A. cleft, chasm, esp. in a mountain side, ravine, gully, Alcm. 60.1 (pl.); φ. πρὸς δυσχειμέρῳ A. Pr. 15, cf. 142 (anap.), al., E. IT 277, X. HG 7.2.13, Thphr. HP 9.5.2 (pl.), Schwyzer 289.161 (Priene, ii B. C.), etc.; πᾶσα φ. πληρωθήσεται LXX Is. 40.4; πάντας . . ἐς φάραγγα ἐσέβαλον Th. 2.67; ἐν πύλαισι γὰρ σταθεὶς φάραγγος of the cave, E. Cyc. 668; φάραγγα δακτύλου πιάσματι σύρει, of shaping a roll before it is baked, Eub. 75.11:—metaph., of Cleon, φάραγγα καὶ Χάρυβδιν ἁρπαγῆς Ar. Eq. 248 (troch.). II. metaph., of the anus, Sotad. 2.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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