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ῥᾰχ-ιστής

rachistes · ὁ

he who cuts the victim through the spine

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What it meant — LSJ

he who cuts the victim through the spine

he who cuts the victim through the spine, Phot.

II boaster, braggart

boaster, braggart, Theopomp.Com. 43: also ῥαχιστήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, Hsch.

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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