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χελων-ία

chelonia · ἡ

tortoise-stone

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What it meant

χελων-ία · chelōn-ia — LSJ

tortoise-stone

tortoise-stone, name of a gem, Plin. HN 37.155.

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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