1. λοφνίς · lophnis — Chantraine
λοφνίς, -ίδος : I. «torche» (Lyc, AP 11,20), avec λοφνίδια * λαμπάδια (Hsch.); Ath. 699 d, ἃ λοφνία que Kaibel corrige en λοφνίδα et 701 a, d’après Clitarch. — [Chantraine, s.v. λοφνίς, p. 664]
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λοφνίς
lophnis
ίδος : I
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2. λοφνίς · lophnis — Frisk
λοφνίς, -ἰδος f. "Fackel? (Lyk., AP, Kleitarch. Gloss. ap. δίῃ. 15, 701 a [cod. Aogida}) mit λοφνέδια" λαμπάδια H.; auch λοφνέα f. “ds.” (Anon. ap. Ath. i5, 6994; Kaibel Aopvrida); vgl. Scheller Oxytonierung 56. — Bildung auf -is bzw. -ia von *iöpvos, -vn. Wegen der Beschreibung bei Ath. τὴν ἐκ τοῦ φλοιοῦ (τῆς ἀμπέλου) λαμπάδα wohl mit Bq u.a. aus Ἔλοπ-σν-ο-, -ἃ zu λέπω ‘schälen’, λοπός “Schale, Rinde’; das … — [Frisk, s.v. λοφνίς, p. 1111]
3. λοφνίς · lophnis — LSJ
torch made of vine bark
torch made of vine bark, in pl., AP 11.20 (Antip. Thess.), Lyc. 48:—also λοφνία, Clitarch. Gloss. ap. Ath. 15.701a, cf. Ath. 15.699d.
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