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ψάγδᾱν

psagdan · ὁ

unguent

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What it meant — LSJ

unguent

an Egyptian unguent; the following forms are found: Αἰγυπτίῳ ψάγδανι τρὶς λελουμένη Eub. 102; φέρʼ ἴδω, τί σοι δῶ τῶν μύρων; ψάγδαν φιλεῖς; Ar. Fr. 206; σάγδαν ἐρυγγάνοντα Eup. 198; βάκκαρίς τε καὶ σάγδας ὁμοῦ Epil. 1: ψάδᾳ (sic codd.) is cited by Erot. fr. Hp. (not found in codd. Hp.), and fr. Eup. (Fr. 198?): nom. ψαγδης (unaccented) Ath. 15.690e, cf. ψαγδῆς, Hsch. (Egypt. sgnn with or without prefixed masc. Art. p;).

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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