LOGOI

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ἄβολος

abolos

that has not shed his foal-teeth

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Where it lives

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What it meant — LSJ

1. ἄβολος · abolos

that has not shed his foal-teeth, that no longer sheds them

that has not shed his foal-teeth, of a young horse, S. Fr. 408, Pl. Lg. 834c, Stratt. 52, Arist. HA 576b15, IG 2.978: also of an old horse, that no longer sheds them, AB 322.

2 an unlucky throw

ἄβολα, τά, an unlucky throw of the dice, Poll. 7.204.

2. ἄβωλος · abōlos

not mixed with clods of earth

not mixed with clods of earth, πυρός, etc., PTeb. 370.13 (ii A.D.), etc.

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Where it came from

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