Aristotle Greek Lexicon φολιδωτός

φολιδωτός

pholidotos

clad in scales

Appears 29 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

φολιδωτός, ή, όν, A. clad in scales, of reptiles, opp. λεπιδωτός (of fishes), Arist. PA 692b11, cf. HA 490b24, al.; also of the signs Scorpio and Pisces, Heph.Astr. 1.1; θώραξ φ. a coat of mail of small metal plates overlapping one another, scale-armour, Posidipp. 26.8, Arr. Tact. 3.5 (pl.); φ. χιτών Hld. 9.15, v. l. for στολιδ- in X. Cyr. 6.4.2; φ. φιάλη ornamented with a pattern of scales, Inscr.Délos 1414aii 20, cf. 1416 Ai 100 (ii B. C.); παροψίδες, ὀξύβαφα, BGU 781 i6, ii14 (i A. D.); also of the catkins of the filbert, μόρια φ. imbricated, Thphr. HP 3.5.6.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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