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σχοινο-βάτης

schoinobates · ὁ

rope-dancer

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What it meant

σχοινο-βάτης · schoino-batēs — LSJ

rope-dancer

rope-dancer, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).213, Man. 4.287, Gloss.; Lat. schoenobates, Juv. 3.77:—hence

rope-dancing

σχοινο-βᾰτία, Ion. σχοινο-βᾰτίη, ἡ, rope-dancing, interpol. in Hp. Vict. 3.68; σχοινο-βᾰτική (sc. τέχνη), Sch.D.T. p.110H.

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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