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ψωθίον

psothion

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What it meant

1. ψωθίον · psōthion — Chantraine

4. ψωθίον n. et ψωθία (ou -14) f. « miette, petite bouchée » {Phérécr., Poll.) voir Scheller, Oxylonierung 127. — [Chantraine, s.v. ψωθίον, p. 1310]

2. ψωθίον · psōthion — LSJ

small crumb, morsel, blister on under-surface of loaf

small crumb, morsel, Pherecr. 81 (acc. to Ath. 14.646c):—also ψωθία, ἡ, blister on under-surface of loaf, Poll. 7.23; hence of coin used in Hades, Pherecr. l.c. (acc. to Poll. 9.83).

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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