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σαυνι-αστής

sauniastes · ὁ

javelin-thrower

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What it meant — LSJ

javelin-thrower, fish-spearer, leisterer, javelin-case

javelin-thrower, or perh. fish-spearer, leisterer, Lyr. Alex.Adesp. 31.25. [σαυ]νιοθήκη, ἡ, javelin-case, dub. in IG ΙΙ(2).161C 75 (Delos, iii B.C.), cf. 199B 84.

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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