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Ἀδών-ιος

*adonios · ὁ

of Adonis, a statue of him, verse

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What it meant — LSJ

rare form of Ἄδωνις, Plu. Amat. 2.756c.

II of Adonis, a statue of him

as Adj., ος, ον, of Adonis:—hence Ἀδώνιον, τό, a statue of him borne in the Adonia, Suid.

2 verse

(sub. μέτρον) a kind of verse, consisting of a dactyl and spondee, Sacerd. p. 516 K.

3

= Ἄδωνις III, Plin. HN 21.60.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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