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ἐχῑνῆ

echine · ἡ

hedgehogʼs skin

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What it meant — LSJ

hedgehogʼs skin

hedgehogʼs skin, Hdn.Gr. 1.334.

II

ἐ. στρατιωτική, prob. = ἐχινέα, IG ΙΙ(2).161 B 125 (Delos, iii B.C.).

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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