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σᾰτίνη

satine · ἡ

chariot, a car

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Where it lives

  • Helen 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant — LSJ

chariot, a car

chariot, ποιῆσαι σατίνας καὶ ἅρματα h.Ven. 13; ἐπιβαίνει σατινέων Anacr. 21.12; σατίναις ὐπʼ ἐϋτρόχοις ἆγον αἰμιόνοις Sapph. 44.13 L.-P.; ζυγίους ζευξάσᾳ θεᾷ σατίνας E. Hel. 1311 (lyr.): only found in pl. (sg. in E. l.c. codd.).—Hsch. cites σάτιλλα, = Πλειάς, the constellation being regarded as a car.

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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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