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παρωτίς

parotis · ἡ

tumour of the parotid gland

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What it meant

παρωτίς · parōtis — LSJ

tumour of the parotid gland

tumour of the parotid gland, Dsc. 2.80, Gal. 16.484, etc.

2 lobe of the ear

lobe of the ear, Lyc. 1402.

3 lock of hair, curl by the ear

lock of hair or curl by the ear, Poll. 2.28.

4 ornament depending from the end of the

Archit., = οὖς II.2, ornament depending from the end of the ὑπέρθυρον, λίθοι παρωτίδες Rev.Phil. 44.250 (Didyma, ii B.C.), cf. Vitr. 4.6.4.

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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