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ἀμνίον

amnion

patera, vase to receive the blood of a sacrifice

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Distribution

Senses

1. ἀμνίον · amnion — Beekes

patera, vase to receive the blood of a sacrifice

2. ἀμνίον · amnion — Chantraine

vase pour recueillir le sang du sacrifice (Od

3. ἀμνίον · amnion — Frisk

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4. ἀμνίον · amnion — LSJ

bowl in which the blood of victims was caught

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 136; entry #468 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 90; entry #492 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 123; entry #451 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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