The corpus record

μολυβδ-ίς

molubdis · ἡ

leaden weight

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Where it lives

Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

μολυβδ-ίς · molybd-is — LSJ

leaden weight, sink, piece of lead

= μολύβδαινα, leaden weight or sink of a net. μ. ὥστε δίκτυον κατέσπασεν S. Fr. 840, cf. Pl. R. 519b, Hierocl. in CA 8p.432M.; piece of lead, IG 2(2).1627.322 (pl.).

2 leaden ball, sling-bullet

leaden ball or sling-bullet, X. An. 3.3.17, Arist. Cael. 289a25, Plb. 27.11.6.

3 plummet

plummet, Call. Fr. 159.

4 weight

weight of seven minae, Hsch.

In the wild

μολυβδίδας · molybdidas Plato, Republic 7.519 (DIORISIS sentence 4229)
μολυβδίσιν · molybdisin Xenophon, Anabasis 3.3.17 (DIORISIS sentence 1318)

Where it came from

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