LOGOI

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γλωχίν

glochin · ἡ

projecting point

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What it meant

γλωχίν · glōchin — LSJ

projecting point

projecting point: hence,

1 end of the yoke-strap

end of the yoke-strap, Il. 24.274.

2 barb, point

barb of an arrow, S. Tr. 681, cf. Sch.adloc., Gal. 5.548; point of a penknife, AP 6.63 (Damoch.); τριαίνης Nonn. D. 36.111; κεραίας ib. 1.193; of the moonʼs horns, ib. 40.314.

3 an angle

Pythagorean name for an angle, Hero *Deff. 15.

4 extremity, inlet

extremity, πυμάτη γ. D.P. 184; inlet, θαλάττης γ. Agath. 5.22.

5 stigma

stigma of saffron, Gp. 11.261.

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