The corpus record

δαφνη-φόρος

daphnephoros

bay-bearing

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

bay-bearing, of bay borne in worship, of bay-trees

bay-bearing, δ. τιμαῖς A. Supp. 706; δ. κλῶνες branches of bay borne in worship of Apollo, E. Ion 422; δ. ἄλση groves of bay-trees, Hdn. 1.12.2.

2 bearer of bays

Subst., bearer of bays, at Eleusis, IG 2(2).1092B25.

epith. of Apollo at Thebes, Paus. 9.10.4; at Eretria, IG 12(9).210.

In the wild

δαφνηφόροις · daphnēphorois Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 704–706
δαφνηφόρους · daphnēphorous Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 284)

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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