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καθετ-ήρ

katheter · ὁ

anything let down into, inserted

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What it meant

καθετ-ήρ · kathet-ēr — LSJ

anything let down into, inserted

anything let down into, inserted:

1 plug of lint, pessary

plug of lint, pessary, Hp. Mul. 2.157 ap. Gal. 19.107 (καθετηρίῳ codd. Hp.).

2 surgical instrument

surgical instrument for emptying the bladder, Gal. 1.125, al., Sor. 2.59; κ. ἀρρενικός Ruf. Oss. 12.

3 fishing-line

fishing-line, Artem. 2.14.

4

= κάθεμα, Nicostr.Com. 33, IG ΙΙ(2).287 B 68 (Delos, iii B.C.).

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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