The corpus record

φάγρος

phagros · ὁ

sea-bream, braize, Pagrus vulgaris, whetstone

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What it meant — LSJ

sea-bream, braize, Pagrus vulgaris

sea-bream or braize, Pagrus vulgaris, Hp. lnt. 1, Eup. 38 (lyr.), Pl.Com. 56.2, Antiph. 193, Arist. HA 598a13, 601b30, Speus. ap. Ath. 7.327c, Numen.ib. 322f, BGU 1095.18 (i A. D.), Phylotim. ap. Gal. 6.726, 12.800: written φαγρώριος in Str. 17.2.4; φάγωρος in Hsch.

II whetstone

Cret., whetstone, Simm. 27.

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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