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λᾰγόφθαλμος

lagophthalmos

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What it meant — LSJ

1. λᾰγόφθαλμος · lagophthalmos

= λαγώφθαλμος, PMed.Strassb. p.6K.

2. λᾰγώφθαλμος · lagōphthalmos

hare-eyed, unable to close the eye

hare-eyed: hence, unable to close the eye, owing to shortening of the upper eyelid, Dem. Ophth. ap. Aët. 7.75, cf. Gal. 14.681, Aët. 7.2, Paul.Aeg. 6.10; v. λαγόφθαλμος:—also λαγωόφθαλμος, Eust. 812.2; τὸ λ. this condition of eyes, Gal. 19.439.

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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