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χαρακτηρ-ιστικός

charakteristikos

characteristic

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What it meant — LSJ

characteristic

characteristic, τῆς Λυσίου λέξεως D.H. Lys. 11 (Sup.); λόγου Δημοσθενικοῦ μηνύματα χ. Id. Dem. 34, al.; τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ, τῆς ὕλης, S.E. P. 3.173, Dam. Pr. 36; τοῦ ἁπλῶς βαρέος, κούφου, Simp. in Cael. 713.24; τὸ χ. A.D. Synt. 103.17, cf. Choerob. in Theod. 2.31H. Adv. -κῶς Eust. 1167.59.—The form χαρακτηρικός is found in Phld. Po.Herc. 1676.7, in codd. of D.H. Dem. 39, 51, and is v.l. in Id. Lys. l.c. Adv. χαρακτηρικῶς Phld. Rh. 2.297S.

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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