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The corpus record

σχῑνο-τρώκτης

schinotroktes · ὁ

one who chews mastich-wood

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What it meant

σχῑνο-τρώκτης · schino-trōktēs — LSJ

one who chews mastich-wood

one who chews mastich-wood, to make his teeth white, Luc. Lex. 12, Zen. 5.96:—also σχῑνο-τρώξ, ὁ, Suid.

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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