pair of scissors
pair of scissors, POxy. 1289.5,6 (v A. D.).
2 Scissors, clipped
as pr. name, Scissors, nickname of Alexander Logotheta, because he clipped the coins, Procop. Arc. 26, Goth. 3.1.
The corpus record
ψᾰλίδιον
psalidion · τό
pair of scissors
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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