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ψυδρ-άκιον

psudrakion · τό

pimple, stye

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What it meant

ψυδρ-άκιον · psydr-akion — LSJ

pimple, stye

pimple, τὰ ἐν κεφαλῇ Dsc. 5.109, cf. Damocr. ap. Gal. 13.945; on the eyelid, stye, Cyran. 35; on the nose, said to be caused by telling a lie, Sch. Theoc. 12.24; cf. ψεῦσμα II.

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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