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ἔμβρῠον

embruon · τό

young one, a young one, embryo, foetus

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ἔμβρῠον · embryon — LSJ

young one, a young one

young one, ὑπʼ ἔμβρυον ἧκεν ἑκάστῃ put a young one under each dam (to be suckled), Od. 9.245, al., cf. Arist. PA 676a 17.

II embryo, foetus

embryo, foetus, A. Eu. 945 (lyr.), Hp. Aph. 5.52, Arist. GA 746a1, al. (From βρύω; expld. as τὸ ἐντὸς τῆς γαστρὸς βρύον by Eust. ad Od. l.c.)

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Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἔμβρῠον (scan p. 357; entry #2466).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἔμβρῠον (scan p. 536; entry #1887).

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