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ἄμβη

ambe

ἡ τῆς ἴτυος ὀφρῦς τῶν κυλλῶν ἀσπίδων H

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What it meant

1. ἄμβη · ambē — Frisk

ἄμβη ἡ τῆς ἴτυος ὀφρῦς τῶν κυλλῶν ἀσπίδων H., “erhöhter Schildrand, Wulst’ (Demokr., Hp., Gal.). Vgl. ἄμβων. Verfehlt v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 4f. (illyrisch, zu φέρω). äußıE, -ıxos m.,auch äußıxos m. 'φοξόχειλος κύλιξ᾽ (Ath.11,480d), “Art, Becher’, auch “Destillierheilm’ (Posid. usw.). — Ausgang wie in κύλιξ: das Stammelement wahrscheinlich auch in äußn, ἄμβων (8. dd.). Kaum mit Chantraine Formation 376 aus dem … — [Frisk, s.v. ἄμβη, p. 119]

2. ἄμβη · ambē — LSJ

raised edge, protuberance, rim

raised edge or protuberance, Hp. Art. 7, cf. 80, Gal. 18(1).340; rim of felloe of wheel, Democr. 29.

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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