φλοιός

phloios

bark

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 3
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Book IV 3
Chapter 8 384b24–385b5

385a9

Chapter 10 388a10–389a23

388a19
389a13
History of Animals 2
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Book V 1
Chapter 34 558a25–558b4

558a28
Book IX 1
Chapter 39 622b27–623b4

623a32
On Colours 1
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Chapter 4 794a16–794b11

794a18
Metaphysics 1
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Book Ε 1
Chapter 1 1025b3–1026a32

1026a2
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 86 837a12–23

837a19

Dictionary (LSJ)

φλοιός, ὁ, (φλέω) A. bark of trees, esp. smooth bark (such as one can cut oneʼs name on, Theoc. 18.47, Call. Fr. 101), Il. 1.237, Emp. 81, Hdt. 4.67, X. Cyn. 9.18, Thphr. HP 1.5.2, Sor. 1.62; eaten in famine, Plb. 7.1.3, Plu. Ant. 17: pl., Call.l.c., Str. 11.8.7, 15.1.60. b. husk or skin of certain fruits, Plu. 2.684a, Aët. 12.1. 2. membrane enclosing the eggs of certain animals, Arist. HA 558a28. 3. tissue from which spiders spin their webs, ib.623a32. 4. metaph., of superficial or useless coverings, redundancy, ὁ Λακωνικὸς λόγος οὐκ ἔχει φλοιόν Plu. 2.510f; φωνὴν . . φλοιοῦ μεστήν Crantor ap. D.L. 4.27; γυμνὸς τῶν φλοιῶν stripped of all outsides, M.Ant. 12.2, 8; περὶ τὸν φ. ἀσχολεῖσθαι Luc. Herm. 79.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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