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σέσῑλος

sesilos

m

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What it meant

1. σέσϊλος · sesilos — Frisk

σέσϊλος m. “nackte Landschnecke’ (Ath. 2,63c, Dsk. 2, 9, H. [eod. -σηλ-}); auch σεσέλιτα (Akk. Dsk. a.O.); daneben σέμελος “ds.” (Ath. 2, 63d, H. [lakon.]). — Unerklärt. — [Frisk, s.v. σέσϊλος, p. 1666]

2. σέσῑλος · sesilos — LSJ

snail

snail, [Epich.] ap. Ath. 2.63c; σέσιλον ἢ σεσέλιτα καλοῦσι, Dsc. 2.9:—

also σέσηλος, Hsch.; cf. σέμελος.

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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