The corpus record

φᾰκ-ωτός

phakotos

lentil-shaped

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What it meant

φᾰκ-ωτός · phak-ōtos — LSJ

lentil-shaped, provided with a lenticular terminal guard, provided with a lenticular screw-thread

lentil-shaped, of hot-water bottles, Archig. ap. Aët. 9.28, Orib. Fr. 116; provided with a lenticular terminal guard, [ἐκκοπεύς] Gal. 10.449; provided with a lenticular screw-thread, κοχλίας Hero Mech. 2.5 (ii p.286 Schmidt).

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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