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καταχήνη

katachene · ἡ

flouting, mockery

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What it meant

καταχήνη · katachēnē — LSJ

flouting, mockery

flouting, mockery, Ar. V. 575, Ec. 631; Καταχῆναι, αἱ, title of play, IG 14.1097.8.

II amulet in the shape of a locust

amulet in the shape of a locust offered in the Acropolis of Athens, Hsch.

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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