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ὀφίδιον

ophidion · τό

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What it meant

ὀφίδιον · ophidion — LSJ

Dim. of ὄφις, IG 2(2).1533.16 (iv B. C.), 1472.17 (iv B. C.), 7.303.71 (Oropus, iii B. C.), 11(2).161 B 50 (Delos, iii B. C.), Thphr. HP 9.15.2, Apollon. Mir. 12: written ὀφείδιον in codd. of Arist. HA 607a30, Str. 15.1.45.

II

a kind of fish, Plin. HN 32.149; cf. ὄφις: ποιὸς ἰχθῦς, Hsch. (Prob. ὀφῑδιον, contr. fr. ὀφι⏓-ῐδιον.]

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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