The corpus record

γομφ-ίος

gomphios · ὁ

grinder-tooth, molar

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Where it lives

Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

γομφ-ίος · gomph-ios — LSJ

grinder-tooth, molar, teeth

grinder-tooth, molar, chiefly in pl., Hp. Epid. 5.100, Hdt. 9.83, Ar. Pax 34, etc.; ψοφεῖ δʼ ὁ γ. Epich. 21; γομφίους συγκρούων with his teeth chattering, Babr. 92.8; opp. προσθίος, X. Mem. 1.4.6, Arist. PA 661b8.

II tooth of a key

tooth of a key, Ar. Th. 423.

In the wild

γομφίους · gomphious Herodotus, Histories 9.83.2 (DIORISIS sentence 9866)
γομφίους · gomphious Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.4.6 (DIORISIS sentence 299)

Where it came from

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