The corpus record

φᾰλάγγιον

phalaggion · τό

venomous spider

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Where it lives

Memorabilia 3 · 0.84/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

φᾰλάγγιον · phalangion — LSJ

venomous spider, Lathrodectus, malmignatte

a kind of venomous spider, esp. Lathrodectus or malmignatte, Pl. Euthd. 290a, X. Mem. 1.3.12, Thphr. HP 8.10.1, Diocl. Fr. 145; distd. from ἀράχνιον, Arist. HA 622b28, cf. 555b12.

II spider-wort, Lloydia graeca

spider-wort, Lloydia graeca, a herb, said to cure this spiderʼs bite, Dsc. 3.108.

III log, roller put under a ship

log or roller put under a ship, Hsch., Eust. 140.9, 469.20: written φᾰλαγγ-εῖον, EM 786.45.

In the wild

φαλάγγιον · phalangion Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5006)
φαλάγγια · phalangia Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.3.12 (DIORISIS sentence 273)
φαλάγγια · phalangia Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.3.12 (DIORISIS sentence 275)
φαλαγγίων · phalangiōn Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.3.13 (DIORISIS sentence 277)

Where it came from

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