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ψιττάκιον

psittakion · τό

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What it meant

ψιττάκιον · psittakion — LSJ

v. πιστάκιον.

2

an eye-salve, Gal. 12.764, Alex.Trall. 3.7.

II

pl., a kind of womanʼs shoes, Herod. 7.58 (ψιντακαια Pap.), Hsch., EM (cod. V post 819.6); ψιττακίαν Suid.: cf. ψιττάκια, ψιττακίδες.

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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