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λωγάνιον

loganion

[n

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What it meant

1. λωγάνιον · lōganion — Beekes

λωγάνιον [n.) ‘dewlap (of oxen) (Luc. Lex. 3, sch.), also λωγάλιον (H.) and λογάνιον (Suid.). *ETYM Perhaps from »Aayaiw, »λαγαρός in the sense “(skin) hanging down”; intermediate forms (*AWwyavov, *Awyn?) cannot be determined, however. The gloss > Awydc: πόρνη ‘whore’ (H.) also belongs here. — [Beekes, s.v. λωγάνιον, p. 930]

2. λωγάνιον · lōganion — Frisk

λωγάνιον n. “Wamme’ (Luk. Lex. 3, Sch.), auch λωγάλιον (H.; vgl. Specht Ursprung 351 A.1) und Aoyarıov (Suid.). — Letzten Endes als ‚die schlaff herabhängende (Haut)“ zur Sippe von λαγαίω, Aayagds (8. dd.); ebensowenig wie bei λωγάλιοι lassen sich die Zwischenglieder (Ἐλώγανον, Ἐλώγη) bestimmt feststellen. Hierher (und zu λάγνος ‘geil’) auch λωγάς' πόρνη H.; überzeugende Begründung von Persson Beitr. 1, 134 u. 2, … — [Frisk, s.v. λωγάνιον, p. 1123]

3. λωγάνιον · lōganion — LSJ

dewlap of oxen

dewlap of oxen, Ambraciote and Epirote word, Luc. Lex. 3, cf. Dionys. Utic. ap. Sch. l.c.—In Suid. λογάνιον sine expl., in Hsch. λωγάλιον.

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