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σκινδάλᾰμος

skindalamos · ὁ

splinter

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What it meant

σκινδάλᾰμος · skindalamos — LSJ

splinter

splinter, in form σχινδαλμός Hp. Mul. 2.133 (σκινδαλαμός, σχιδαλαμός, etc. in codd.); σκινδαλμός, Dsc. 1.18.

II

metaph., λόγων ἀκριβῶν σχινδάλαμοι strawsplittings, quibbles, Ar. Nu. 130, cf. Ra. 819, Luc. Hes. 5; so σκινδαλμούς Alciphr. 3.64:—cf. ἀνασχινδυλεύω.

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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