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ῥαισ-τήριος

raisterios

smashing, hammering

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What it meant — LSJ

smashing, hammering, the blacksmithʼs, hammered

smashing, hammering, ῥ. ἱδρώς the blacksmithʼs sweat or toil, Opp. H. 2.28; ἄκμοσι . . ῥ. hammered upon the anvil, ib. 5.153.

II destructive, pernicious

generally, destructive, pernicious, ῥ. φάρμακα, opp. ἐσθλά, A.R. 3.803: c. gen., ῥ. φάρμακα θυμοῦ ib. 790; νηῶν 4.921.

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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