The corpus record

βᾰφ-ικός

baphikos

fit for dyeing

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What it meant — LSJ

fit for dyeing, art of dyeing

fit for dyeing, κόκκος Dsc. Eup. 1.37; βοτάνη Luc. Alex. 12: -κή (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, art of dyeing, Ph. 1.353, Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.228b, PRyl. 98.2 (ii A. D.).

II on gilding and silvering

βίβλοι βαφικαί, in Alchemy, books on gilding and silvering, Ps.-Democr. ap. Syn.Alch. p.57 B.; καῦσις β. Zos.Alch. p.208B.

III

βαφικόν, τό, form of ἰνδικόν, Dsc. 5.92.

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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