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χαλιμ-άς

chalimas · ἡ

a shameless woman

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What it meant — LSJ

a shameless woman

a shameless woman, Hsch.; = πόρνη, Suid. (χαλίμα codd.); of the βάκχαι (χαλωμένας εἰς συνουσίαν), EM 805.9; also expld. as ἡ ὑπὸ μέθης χαλωμένη, Eust. 1471.3; χαλιμίας and χαλίδας (of the βάκχαι) are vv.ll. in A. Fr. 448 (ap. Sch. A.R. 1.473).

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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