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κέντ-ημα

kentema · τό

point, prick, dot, puncture

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What it meant

κέντ-ημα · kent-ēma — LSJ

point

point of a weapon, Plb. 2.33.5, etc.

2 prick, dot

prick, dot in a cipher, Aen.Tact. 31.30 (pl.).

3 puncture

puncture, Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.22.4: pl., Ruf. Fr. 63.

II wound inflicted, sting, punishment

wound inflicted, sting, κ. γλώσσης A. Fr. 169; of poisonous bites, Philum. Ven. 27.2, al.: in pl., punishment, 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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