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The corpus record

μηλωτ-ρίς

melotris · ἡ

instrument for probing

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What it meant

μηλωτ-ρίς · mēlōt-ris — LSJ

instrument for probing

instrument for probing, esp. for cleaning the ears, Antyll. ap. Orib. 44.23.53, Gal. 19.85; wrongly supposed to be a compound of μηλόω, οὖς, Id. 13.407.

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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