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βόλιτ-ον

boliton

βόλδιτον, etc

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What it meant

1. βόλιτον · boliton — Chantraine

βόλιτον, βόλδιτον, etc. : Ar. et Cratin. emploient βόλιτον n., surtout au pluriel « bouse de vache » (βόλιτος m. selon sch. Ar. Gren. 295). Dérivés : adj. βολίτινος (Ar.); subst. βολίταινα {suflixe dépréciatif, v. Chantraine, Formaiion 108}, « petit poulpe d'odeur nauséabonde, pouipe musqué » (Arist. HA 525 a, 621 b), ci. Thompson, Fishes, s.u. βολδιτίς autres noms de l'animal βολθιτίές, ete, voir plus loin; en … — [Chantraine, s.v. βόλιτον, p. 198]

2. βόλιτ-ον · bolit-on — LSJ

cow-dung

cow-dung, mostly in pl., Cratin. 39, Ar. Ach. 1026, Eq. 658: prov., βολίτου δίκη vexatious action, Sch. Ar. Eq. 658.

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