ἀκανθο-βόλος · akantho-bolos — LSJ
prickly
prickly, χαίτη (of the plant ἔχις) Nic. Th. 542; ῥόδον Id. Fr. 74.9.
II surgical instrument for extracting a bone
Subst. ἀ., ὁ, surgical instrument for extracting a bone, prob. f.l. for sq., Paul.Aeg. 6.32.
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ἀκανθο-βόλος
akanthobolos
prickly, surgical instrument for extracting a bone
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