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διακόνιον

diakonion

barley-cake or soup or sauce; bottom of a type of flat cake

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What it meant

1. διακόνιον · diakonion — Beekes

διακόνιον [n.] - μάζα ἢ ζωμὸς, καὶ ἡ κρηπὶς τοῦ πλακοῦντος ‘barley-cake or soup or sauce; bottom of a type of flat cake’ (Pherecr. fr. 156), οἱ δὲ πέμματα ἐξαπτόμενα τῆς εἰρεσιώνης ‘sweetmeats fastened on a wreath (H.). «Ἐ» eETYM Unknown. — [Beekes, s.v. διακόνιον, p. 375]

2. διακόνιον · diakonion — Chantraine

διακόνιον : μάζα ἢ ζωμός, καὶ ἡ χρηπὶς τοῦ πλακοῦντος {Phérécr. fr. 156), οἱ δὲ πέμματα ἐξαπτόμενα τῆς εἰρεσιώνης (Hsch.). It s’agit d'un gâteau. Un rapport avec διάχονος n’est pas absolument impossible, mais lequel ? On peut penser plutôt à un compüsé de χονία, s'agissant d'un gâteau saupoudré (ἢ). — [Chantraine, s.v. διακόνιον, p. 290]

3. διακόνιον · diakonion — LSJ

cake

a sort of cake, Pherecr. 156.

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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