ἐλλύχν-ιον · ellychn-ion — LSJ
lamp-wick
lamp-wick (Att. θρυαλλίς), Hdt. 2.62, Hp. Nat.Mul. 26, Mul. 2.203, Thphr. Char. 10.13, Inscr.Délos 316.76 (iii B. C.), Apollon. Mir. 36, etc.
2 surgical dressing
surgical dressing, Sor. 2.11, Gal. 10.954.
The corpus record
ἐλλύχν-ιον
elluchnion · τό
lamp-wick, surgical dressing
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Where it lives
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ἐλλύχνιον · ellychnion Herodotus, Histories 2.62.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1975)
Where it came from
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