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ναστός

nastos

close-pressed, firm

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What it meant — LSJ

close-pressed, firm, archerʼs reed, Arundo Plinii

close-pressed, firm, Hp. Gland. 16; κάλαμος, i.e. archerʼs reed, Arundo Plinii, Dsc. 1.85; of a tumour, Aët. 15.8; σφυγμός Archig. ap. Gal. 8.931: Comp., Id.ib. 509.

2 solid

solid, opp. κενός, Democr. ap. Arist. Fr. 208, cf. Ph. 1.330, Simp. in Cael. 295.5.

3 well-kneaded cake, cheese-cake

ναστός (sc. πλακοῦς), ὁ, well-kneaded cake, esp. used in sacrifice, cheese-cake, Pherecr. 108.5, Ar. Av. 567, Pl. 1142, Metag. 6.3.

II filled full of

c. gen., filled full of, πόλις ναστὴ ἀνδρῶν J. BJ 6.9.4.

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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