1. ἄκαινα · akaina — Beekes
The corpus record
ἄκαινα
akaina
spike, prick, goad
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What it meant
2. ἄκαινα · akaina — Chantraine
3. ἄκαινα · akaina — LSJ
spike, prick, goad, A.R. 3.1323, AP 6.41 (Agath.).
ten-foot rod used as a measure, ἄκαιναν ἀμφότερον κέντρον τε βοῶν καὶ μέτρον ἀρούρης Call. Fr. 214, cf. Sch. A.R. l.c.
square measure of 100 ft., in Egypt, Hero *Deff. 130, cf. Sch. A.R. l.c., POxy. 669.41 (? iii A. D.); in Bithynia, BCH 27.318:— also ἄκαινον, τό, Olymp. in Mete 43.1.
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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