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χαλκ-έμβολος

chalkembolos

with brazen beak

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Where it lives

  • Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

with brazen beak

with brazen beak, D.S. 14.59, Plu. Cim. 13, Trag.Adesp. 142, Lyr. in PTeb. 2 (a) ii 9; χαλκέμβολοι (abs.), as the name of a special kind of ship, Plu. Ant. 35.

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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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