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ἐχῖνος

echinos · ὁ

hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, sea-urchin

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Where it lives

  • Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
  • Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
  • Isaias 4 · 1.52/10k
  • On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
  • Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
  • Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
  • Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
  • Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus

hedgehog (prop. ἐ. χερσαῖος, as in Thphr. Sign. 30), Erinaceus europaeus, Archil. 118, Emp. 83, Ar. Pax 1086, Ion Trag. 38, S. Ichn. 121, etc.

2 sea-urchin

sea-urchin, Epich. 53, Archipp. 24; ἐ. θαλάττιος Pl. Euthd. 298d.

II large wide-mouthed jar

large wide-mouthed jar, Hp. Mul. 2.172, Steril. 230, Ar. V. 1436, Eup. 415, Men. Epit.Fr. 10, Erot., Hsch., Poll. 6.91.

2 vase

vase in which the notes of evidence were sealed up by the διαιτηταί, in cases of appeal from their decision, D. 45.17, 48.48, Arist. Ath. 53.2, Thphr. Char. 6.8.

III case

hard case of beech-mast, chestnuts, etc., Id. HP 3.10.1, Xenocr. 43, Hsch.

2 neck-vertebra

neck-vertebra of the κεστρεύς, Dorio ap. Ath. 7.306f.

IV third stomach of ruminating animals, gizzard

third stomach of ruminating animals, Arist. PA 676a11, 674b15, HA 507b6, Antig. Mir. 17; βοῶν ἐ. Call. Fr. 250; also, gizzard of graminivorous birds, Ael. NA 14.7.

V sharp points

pl., sharp points at each end of a bit, X. Eq. 10.6, Poll. 1.148; but = τῶν ὑποστομίων τὰ κοῖλα, ib. 184.

VI cushion of the Doric and Tuscan capital

Archit., cushion of the Doric and Tuscan capital (prob. from its form), Vitr. 4.3.4, 4.7.3.

2

= οἱ τῶν τειχῶν ἀγκῶνες, Hsch.

VII cake

a kind of cake, Lync. ap. Ath. 14.647a, Hsch.

VIII

a plant, v.l. ἔρινος (q.v.), Dsc. 4.141, Gal. 11.880, Paul.Aeg. 7.3. (Cf. OHG. igil, Slav. ježǐ, Lith. ežỹs.)

In the wild

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Where it came from

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