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ἐλᾰτ-ήριος

elaterios

driving, driving away

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k

What it meant

ἐλᾰτ-ήριος · elat-ērios — LSJ

driving, driving away

driving, driving away, c. gen., καθαρμοῖσιν ἀτᾶν ἐ. A. Ch. 968 (lyr.).

II purgatives

ἐλατήρια φάρμακα purgatives, Hp. Acut. 2, cf. Epid. 5.7, Erot.

b lustral

ἐ. ἀπόβαμμα lustral water, IG 4.1607 (Cleonae).

2 squirting cucumber, Ecballium Elaterium, drug prepared therefrom

Subst. -τήριον, τό, squirting cucumber, Ecballium Elaterium, Hp. Steril. 238, Epid. 6.5.15, Dsc. 4.150, Thphr. HP 4.5.1; drug prepared therefrom, ib. 9.9.4, 9.14.1.

In the wild

ἐλατηρίοις · elatēriois Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 965–968

Where it came from

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