1. βένετος · benetos — Beekes
βένετος [adj.] ‘blue’, in the circus (Lyd.). «Ἰὰν Lat» eDER βενετιανός ‘partisan of the Blues’ (M. Ant. 1,5). eETYM From Lat. venetus; see E-M s.v.and André 1940: 18:f. — [Beekes, s.v. βένετος, p. 258]
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βένετος
benetos
blue
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What it meant
2. βένετος · benetos — LSJ
blue, the blue faction, of the Βένετοι
= καλλάϊνος, blue, Lyd. Mens. 4.30: esp. of the blue faction in the Circus, Tab. Defix. Aud. 166.38 (Rome, iv/v A. D.), Lyd. l.c., Procop. Pers. 1.24: Adj. Βενέτειος, ον, of the Βένετοι, στοά ibid.
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