φολίς

pholis

horny scale

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 6
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Book I 2
Chapter 6 490b7–491a26

490b22
490b22
Book II 2
Chapter 12 503b29–504b12

504a30

Chapter 13 504b13–505b4

505a23
Book III 1
Chapter 10 517b3–20

517b5
Book VII 1
Chapter 2 582a34–583a13

582b33
Parts of Animals 3
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 669b13–670b31

670b16
Book IV 2
Chapter 1 676a22–676b15

676a30

Chapter 11 690b11–692b2

691a16
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 164 846b10–17

846b14

Dictionary (LSJ)

φολίς, ίδος, ἡ, A. horny scale, of reptiles, opp. λεπίς (of fishes), Arist. HA 490b22, PA 691a16, cf. A.R. 1.221, Opp. C. 3.438, Epic. ap. Sch. Nic. Th. 257; but interchanged with λεπίς, D.S. 17.105, etc.; φ. χαλκοῦ Hp. Vid.Ac. 6. II. spot on a pantherʼs or leopardʼs skin, Hld. 10.27. III. φ. λιθοκόλλητος a ceiling in mosaic work, D.S. 18.26. IV. a bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.11.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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