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ἐγχυτρ-ίστρια

egchutristria · ἡ

woman who, gathered the bones, into an urn

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What it meant — LSJ

woman who, gathered the bones, into an urn

woman who gathered the bones from a funeral pile into an urn, Pl. Min. 315c (v.l. ἐγχυτίστρια), cf. EM 313.41.

II woman who exposed children

woman who exposed children, acc. to Sch. Ar. V. 289 (but cf. ἐγχύτριαι).

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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