The corpus record

γᾰλεάγρα

galeagra · ἡ

weasel-trap

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Where it lives

Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant — LSJ

weasel-trap, weasel-cage, cage for beasts

weasel-trap or weasel-cage, Hyp. Fr. 34, 239: metaph., πλοῖον ἀνεῳγμένη γ. Secund. Sent. 17: generally, cage for beasts, LXX Ez. 19.9, cf. Hierocl. p.59A.; θηρίων Str. 6.2.6; used for prisoners, Plu. Phoc. 33, App. Pun. 4.

In the wild

γαλεάγρᾳ · galeagrai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3660)
γαλεάγρα · galeagra Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5064)
γαλεάγρᾳ · galeagrai Septuaginta, Ezechiel 19

Where it came from

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