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μειᾰγωγ-έω

meiagogeo

bring the sacrificial lamb to the scale

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What it meant

μειᾰγωγ-έω · meiagōg-eō — LSJ

bring the sacrificial lamb to the scale, weigh, as you would a lamb

bring the sacrificial lamb to the scale, hence metaph., μ. τὴν τραγῳδίαν weigh it as you would a lamb, Ar. Ra. 798:— hence

b

μειᾰγωγ-εῖον, τό, and μειᾰγωγ-ία, ἡ, Suid.:

c

μειαγωγός, ὁ, ὥσπερ μ. ἑστιῶν <τὴν πόλιν> Eup. 116.

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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