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λεπίδ-ιον

lepidion · τό

small plate, capsule

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What it meant

λεπίδ-ιον · lepid-ion — LSJ

small plate, capsule

small plate, capsule, used to close a tube, Hero Spir. 1.3.

II pepperwort, Lepidium latifolium

a Syrian plant, pepperwort, Lepidium latifolium, used in cases of scurvy, Dsc. 2.174, Gal. 12.58, 13.350:—in Ath. 3.119b, 9.385a. λέπιδι or λέπι-διν, τό.

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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