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ἄκαπν-ος

akapnos

without smoke, free from it

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What it meant

ἄκαπν-ος · akapn-os — LSJ

without smoke, free from it, not smoking, making no smoke, no burnt offering, without a fire of our own

without smoke, free from it, σκέπη Hp. Acut. 65; not smoking, making no smoke, πῦρ Thphr. Ign. 71; θυσία ἄ. an offering but no burnt offering, Luc. Am. 4; so a poem is called Καλλιόπης ἄ. θύος AP 6.321 (Leon.): —ἄκαπνα γὰρ αἰὲν ἀοιδοὶ θύομεν we sacrifice without a fire of our own, i.e. live at others’ expense, Call. Fr. 53P.

II

= ἀκάπνιστος, Plin. HN 11.45.

III

ἄκαπνον, τό, = σάμψουχον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.39.

Where it came from

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