Aristotle Greek Lexicon φράγμα

φράγμα

phragma

fence, breast-work, screen

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

φράγμα, ατος, τό, (φράσσω) A. fence, breast-work, screen, Hdt. 8.52, Pl. Plt. 279d (pl.); protection, τοῖς ἕλκεσι Gal. 15.343; boom placed in a harbour, Aen.Tact. 37.8. b. contrivance for catching fish, Str. 17.2.5. 2. generally, defence, means of defence, μετώπων φράγματα, of a stagʼs horns, AP 6.110 (Leon. or Mnasalc.); of the ink of the sepia, Arist. PA 679a6; of the eyelids, Id. de An. 421b29.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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