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ὁλμ-ίσκος

olmiskos · ὁ

socket of the hinge of a door

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What it meant

ὁλμ-ίσκος · holm-iskos — LSJ

socket of the hinge of a door

Dim. of ὅλμος II, socket of the hinge of a door, S.E. M. 10.54, PLond. 3.1177.232 (ii A. D.).

2 tooth-socket, the hollows of the molar teeth

tooth-socket, Ruf. Onom. 55 ; the hollows of the molar teeth, Poll. 2.93 (pl.).

3 frustum of a cone

frustum of a cone, POxy. 470r.35.

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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