The corpus record

ναρθηκ-ίζω

narthekizo

splint a broken limb

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What it meant — LSJ

splint a broken limb, with pieces of νάρθηξ

splint a broken limb (orig. with pieces of νάρθηξ), τὸ σφυρόν Sch. Ar. Ach. 1176, cf. Heraclas ap. Orib. 48.2.2, Paul.Aeg. 6.106.

2 splint, together with laths

splint planks together with laths, in Pass., Apollod. Poliorc. 159.4.

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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