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ψαιστ-ός

psaistos

ground, of ground barley, cake of this kind

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What it meant — LSJ

ground, of ground barley, cake of this kind

ground, ψ. μᾶζα a cake of ground barley mixed with honey and oil, Hp. Int. 20; ψαιστόν, τό (sc. πέμμα or πόπανον), a cake of this kind, used at sacrifices, Ar. Pl. 138, 1115, Antiph. 206.3, Com.Adesp. 372, Thphr. ap. Porph. Abst. 2.15, SIG 1038.18 (Eleusis, iv/iii B. C.), Herod. 4.92, AP 6.190 (Gaet.), 191 (Corn.Long.): perh. to be written ψᾳστός, cf. ψᾷστον· σὺν τῷ ῑ, ἐκτείνουσι τὸ ᾱ, ὡς Εὐφρόνιος, Lex.Mess. p.411: v. ψαστής.

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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