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κάδδῐχος

kaddichos · ὁ

jar, voting-urn, to be rejected on a vote

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What it meant — LSJ

jar, voting-urn, to be rejected on a vote, measure

jar, κάδδιχος καλεῖται τὸ ἀγγεῖον εἰς ὃ τὰς ἀπομαγδαλίας ἐμβάλλουσι Plu. Lyc. 12: hence, voting-urn, whence κεκαδδίχθαι, to be rejected on a vote, ibid.; also, a measure, = ἡμίεκτον, Hsch., cf. Tab.Heracl. 1.52, IG 5(1).1447.10 (Messene, iii/ii B.C.):— Lacon. καδίκορ, Hsch. s.v. ἐνδεκαδίκορ.

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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