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ἐμπορπ-άω

emporpao

fasten with a brooch

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Where it lives

Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἐμπορπ-άω · emporp-aō — LSJ

fasten with a brooch, pin, wore, fastened with a brooch upon the shoulder

fasten with a brooch or pin:—Pass., εἵματα ἐνεπορπέατο (Ion. for -ηντο) they wore garments fastened with a brooch upon the shoulder, Hdt. 7.77; ἐμπεπορπημένος διπλᾶ τὰ ἱμάτια Lycurg. 40, cf. D.H. 2.70, Plu. Mar. 17: metaph., ἐμπεπορπημένοι ὠμότητα LXX 3 Ma. 7.5.

In the wild

ἐνεπεπορπέατο · enepeporpeato Herodotus, Histories 7.77.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7532)
ἐμπεπορπημένοι · empeporpēmenoi Septuaginta, Machabaeourum III 7

Where it came from

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