φώρ

phor

thief

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book V 1
Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

553b9
Book IX 4
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

624b25
625a5
625a14
625a34
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book VII 2
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12

1235a9
1235a9

Dictionary (LSJ)

φώρ, ὁ, gen. φωρός, dat. pl. φωρσί Ael. NA 9.45:—A. thief, Hdt. 2.174, etc.; φώρ τινος Pl. R. 334a; Ἀργεῖοι φῶρες Ar. Fr. 57; φ. ἄνθρωποι Paus. 10.15.5; ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον prov. in Arist. EE 1235a9; τὰ τῶν φ. κρείττω prov. in Hyp. Fr. 1: Sup. φώρτατος most thievish, Sophr. 1. II. a kind of bee, prob. robber-bee, Arist. HA 553b9, 625a5. III. φωρῶν λιμήν, a harbour near Athens, a little westward of the Piraeus, used by smugglers, D. 35.28,53, Str. 9.1.14. (Like Lat. fur, from bher- (root of φέρω), cf. ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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