minerʼs sieve, riddle
minerʼs sieve or riddle, Thphr. or Arist. (Fr. 261) ap. Poll. 10.149; σάλαγξ, Hsch.
The corpus record
σάλαξ
salax · ὁ
minerʼs sieve
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Where it lives
- Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- σαλάκων · salakōn Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
Where it came from
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