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μάγγᾰν-ον

magganon · τό

means for charming

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What it meant — LSJ

means for charming, bewitching, philtre

means for charming or bewitching others, philtre, Heraclit. All. 28, Hsch.

II

μ. πολεμικόν, = Lat. ballista, tormentum, Gloss.

III block of a pulley

block of a pulley, Hero Bel. 84.12, PLond. 3.1164h8 (iii A.D.).

IV

= βάλανος II.4, Sch. Ar. V. 155, Av. 1159, Ec. 361.

V hunting-net

= γάγγαμον, hunting-net, Hsch.

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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