φθείρ
phtheir
louse
Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
φθείρ, ὁ, later ἡ, 277: gen. φθειρός: dat. pl. φθειρσί:— A. louse, 137, 56, 2.37, 4.168, Pax 740, al., IG 42(1).122.45 (Epid., iv B. C.), etc.: prov., πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι, i. e. to be close shaven, 32; of the morbus pedicularis (φθειρίασις) , τὴν σάρκα εἰς φθεῖρας μεταβάλλειν Sull. 36; τοῦ σώματος διαλυθέντος εἰς φθειρῶν πλῆθος 34/5.2.23; ὁ γευσάμενος . . φθειρσὶν ἐξέζεσεν NA 9.19. 2. of lice that infest animals, HA 556b22; birds, ib.557a11; fish, ib.557a22; also vegetables, μὴ ὁ σῖτος φθειρὶ ζέσῃ Ep.Sat. 26, cf. Fr. 57.21, 6.572; οὐ ποιήσει φθεῖρας ἡ ἄμπελος Gp. 5.30.1. II. sea-fish attendant on the dolphin, Naucrates ductor, HA 557a31, 86, NA 9.7. III. the seed of a kind of pine, IV. middle part of the rudder, 1.89.
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