cut purses
cut purses, Pl. R. 575b, X. Mem. 1.2.62 (βαλ-).
The corpus record
βαλλαντιο-τομέω
ballantiotomeo
cut purses
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Where it lives
- Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- βαλλαντιοτομοῦσι · ballantiotomousi Plato, Republic 9.575 (DIORISIS sentence 5382)
- βαλλαντιοτομῶν · ballantiotomōn Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.62 (DIORISIS sentence 227)
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.