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χᾰρακ-τός

charaktos

notched, toothed

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What it meant

χᾰρακ-τός · charak-tos — LSJ

notched, toothed, engraved

notched, toothed, πρίων, ῥῖναι, ξοΐς, Hp. VC 21, AP 6.205 (Leon.), IG 7.3073.104 (Lebad., ii B. C.); κνηστῆρι χαρακτῷ (v.l. χαράκτρῳ) Nic. Al. 308; χαρκα σκάφιν perh. written for χαρακτὸν (engraved) σκάφιον in PLond. 2.193v11, al. (ii A. D.).

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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