The corpus record

σχοιν-ιά

schoinia · ἡ

clump, bunch of rushes, clusters

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What it meant

σχοιν-ιά · schoin-ia — LSJ

clump, bunch of rushes, clusters

clump or bunch of rushes, Thphr. HP 4.12.2; βοτρύων σχοινιαί clusters of grapes, J AJ 12.2.10, prob. cj. in Aristeas 75.

II the wall of a city, part thereof

(σχοῖνος III) the wall of a city or part thereof, Str. 8.6.21, dub. l. in CIG (add.) 2056g (Odessus).

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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