1. παξαμᾶς · paxamas — Beekes
παξαμᾶς [m.] ‘biscuit’. «Ὁ» *DER παξαμίτης, παξαμίδιον (Gal.). *ETYM Allegedly from the name of a baker, Πάξαμος (Gal, Suid.) — [Beekes, s.v. παξαμᾶς, p. 1201]
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παξαμᾶς
paxamas
biscuit
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2. παξαμᾶς · paxamas — Chantraine
παξαμᾶς : m. biscuits, serait issu du nom de boulanger et gastronome ΤΠ άξαμος (Gal, Suid.), à côté de παξαμίτης, etc. (Redard, Noms en -τὴς 90) et παξαμάδιον (Gal.). — [Chantraine, s.v. παξαμᾶς, p. 872]
3. παξαμᾶς · paxamas — LSJ
biscuit
biscuit (so called from the baker Paxamos), Gal. 14.537 tit., Suid.:—Dim. παξαμάδιον, τό, Gal. 14.554, Tz. H. 2.574; παξαμάτιον, Gloss.
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