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χειρο-σκόπος

cheiroskopos · ὁ

inspecting the hand

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What it meant — LSJ

inspecting the hand

inspecting the hand, = χειρόμαντις, Artem. 2.69.

II counter of hands, teller of votes

counter of hands, i.e. teller of votes, IG 9(1).109.8 (Elatea), Bull. Soc. royale des lettres de Lund 1928/9 iv 43 (Cardamyle, i A.D.), Tim. Lex., Suid.

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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