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κανδύτᾰλις

kandutalis · ὁ

clothes-press

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What it meant

κανδύτᾰλις · kandytalis — LSJ

clothes-press, fish

clothes-press, Maced. word in Diph. 40, Men. 82: κανδύλη or κανδυτάνη, Hsch.: pl. κανδύτανες prob. in Ael. NA 17.17, cf. Poll. 7.79, Phot. (who also explains it as a kind of fish, or = αἰδοῖον).

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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