The corpus record

ἰχθύ-α

ichthua · ἡ

dried skin of the fish ῥίνη

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Where it lives

Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
Mark 3 · 2.73/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Matthew 3 · 1.67/10k
Ezechiel 2 · 0.69/10k
Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Numeri 1 · 0.43/10k
Genesis 1 · 0.33/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

dried skin of the fish ῥίνη, shagreen, fish-skin

dried skin of the fish ῥίνη, like our shagreen, Hp. Foet.Exsect. 1, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.406; of fish-skin in general, Ruf. ap. Orib. 4.2.16.

II pot

pot, perh. for pickled fish, CIG 8345c (Nola, vase).

III fishing, fishery

fishing, fishery, BGU 1123.9 (i A.D.), PSI 3.160.8 (ii A.D.).

IV fish

ταριχηρὰ ἰ. pickled fish, PLond. 3.856.20 (i A.D.).

In the wild

Ἰχθύα · Ichthya Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1925)
ἰχθύας · ichthyas Epictetus, Discourses 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5776)
ἰχθύας · ichthyas Herodotus, Histories 2.94.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2191)
ἰχθύας · ichthyas Herodotus, Histories 3.98.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3643)
ἰχθύας · ichthyas Herodotus, Histories 4.53.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4408)
ἰχθύας · ichthyas Odyssey 22.384

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Where it came from

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