1. πεσσός · pessos — Beekes
the oval stone in board games
The corpus record
πεσσός
pessos
the oval stone in board games
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Distribution
- Ecclesiazusae 2 · 2.62/10k
- Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
- Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
- Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
2. πεσσός · pessos — Chantraine
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3. πεσσός · pessos — Frisk
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4. πεσσός · pessos — LSJ
oval-shaped stone for playing draughts
Attestations
- πεσσοῖσι · pessoisi Odyssey 1.107
- πεττῶν · pettōn Plato, Republic 1.333 (DIORISIS sentence 176)
- πεσσῶν · pessōn Herodotus, Histories 1.94.3 (DIORISIS sentence 691)
- πεσσοῖς · pessois Euripides, Suppliants (DIORISIS sentence 236)
- πεσσῶν · pessōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1.195 (DIORISIS sentence 74)
- πεττῶν · pettōn Plato, Laws 739
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 1231; entry #4942
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- scan p. 907; entry #6464 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1491; entry #4609 Review: Under source audit
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