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γεωφᾰν-ής

geophanes

looking like earth

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What it meant

γεωφᾰν-ής · geōphan-ēs — LSJ

looking like earth, a spot where a kind of ochre was dug

looking like earth, ἐπικλίνων ἐπὶ τὸ -έστερον Archig. ap. Orib. 8.2.4: esp. in pl., γ. a spot where a kind of ochre was dug, at Samos, Thphr. Lap. 61:—so γεωφᾰν-ιον or γεωφᾰν-ειον, τό, περὶ τοῦ γ. title of speech by Din., D.H. Din. 10, cf. Sch. Nic. Al. 149, Poll. 7.99, EM 229.21.

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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