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ἀγρηνόν

agrenon

[n

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What it meant

1. ἀγρηνόν · agrēnon — Beekes

ἀγρηνόν [n.] - «ἔνδυμα» δικτυοειδὲς ὃ περιτίθενται of βακχεύοντες Διονύσῳ. Ἐρατοσθένης δὲ αὐτὸ καλεῖ [γρῆνυν] ἢ γῆνον ‘garment like a net which those possessed by Dionysus put on. Eratosthenes calls it a γ᾽ (H.). «ἢ» *VAR ἀγρηνα' δίκτυα καὶ ἔνδυμα ‘nets and clothing’ (H.); cf. ἀγρηνὸν ποικίλον ἐρεοῦν δικτυοειδὲς καὶ ἔνδυμα δὲ ποιόν (EM 14, 2). *ETYM Does the word have ἃ prothetic vowel? Cf. also γρήνιη: ἄνθη … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀγρηνόν, p. 63]

2. ἀγρηνόν · agrēnon — LSJ

net, net-like woollen robe

net, Hsch.:—also, net-like woollen robe worn by Bacchanals and soothsayers, Id., Poll. 4.116.

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