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The corpus record

ἠθολογ-ία

ethologia · ἡ

painting of character

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What it meant

ἠθολογ-ία · ētholog-ia — LSJ

painting of character

painting of character, esp. by mimic gestures (cf. χαρακτηρισμός), Posidon. ap. Sen. Ep. 95.65, Quint. 1.9.3, Suet. Gramm. 4 (pl.).

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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