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παρῠφ-αίνω

paruphaino

weave beside

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What it meant

παρῠφ-αίνω · paryph-ainō — LSJ

weave beside, along, with a purple hem, border, hemming in, is set along its edge

weave beside or along, ἐσθὴς παρυφασμένη a garment with a purple hem or border (παρυφή), D.S. 12.21 ; παρυφασμένα ὅπλα armed men hemming in an unarmed crowd, X. Cyr. 5.4.48 ; παρύφανται . . τῷ στομάχῳ . . πόρος is set along its edge, Arist. HA 529a15, cf. PA 676b21, PPetr. 3p.305 (iii B.C.).

II excel in weaving

excel in weaving, τινα Philostr. Im. 2.28.

In the wild

παρυφασμένων · paryphasmenōn Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.4.48 (DIORISIS sentence 2834)

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