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χλῆδος

chledos · ὁ

slime, mud, the rubbish carried down by a flood

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What it meant — LSJ

slime, mud, the rubbish carried down by a flood, swept out of a house

slime, mud, the rubbish carried down by a flood or swept out of a house, A. Fr. 16, D. 55.22, 27: metaph., ἀργυρίου χλῆδον λαβών Crates Com. 28 (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr. 1.142; χλίδος 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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