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ἐκπηνίζομαι

ekpenizomai

spin a long thread

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Where it lives

Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k

What it meant

ἐκπηνίζομαι · ekpēnizomai — LSJ

spin a long thread, will wind, out of

spin a long thread, [οἱ ἀράχναι] φερόμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος πολὺ ἐ. Arist. Pr. 947b2 : metaph., of an advocate, αὐτοῦ ἐκπηνιεῖται ταῦτα will wind these things out of him, Ar. Ra. 578.

In the wild

ἐκπηνιεῖται · ekpēnieitai Aristophanes, Frogs 577–578

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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