λαίμ-αστρον · laim-astron — LSJ
‘greedy beast’
‘greedy beast’, term of abuse, Herod. 4.46, 7.18.
The corpus record
λαίμ-αστρον
laimastron · τό
‘greedy beast’
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What it meant
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.