spit used as a lampholder
spit used as a lampholder (by soldiers), Theopomp.Com. 7, Arist. Pol. 1299b10, PA 683a25.
The corpus record
ὀβελ-ισκολύχνιον
obeliskoluchnion · τό
spit used as a lampholder
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Where it lives
- Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ὀβελισκολύχνια · obeliskolychnia Aristotle, Politics 1299b (DIORISIS sentence 1743)
Where it came from
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