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Γοργόνειος

*gorgoneios

a Gorgon-mask

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What it meant

Γοργόνειος · Gorgoneios — LSJ

a Gorgon-mask, the Gorgonʼs head, Medusa, bogey, moon

= Γοργεῖος, πεδία A. Pr. 793; τὸ Γ. a Gorgon-mask, IG 2.654, al., cf. Plu. Them. 10; the Gorgonʼs head, a group of stars in Perseus, Gem. 3.11, Ptol. Alm. 7.5, etc., Plu. Them. 10; but also, the constellation Medusa, Hipparch. 2.3.27, al.; bogey, Ruf. ap. Orib. inc.20.27; Orphic name for the moon, because of the face in it, Orph. Fr. 33.

II

Γ., τό, = λιθόσπερμον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.141.

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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