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σπᾰθ-ίον

spathion · τό

knife, scalpel

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What it meant

σπᾰθ-ίον · spath-ion — LSJ

knife, scalpel, blade, small blade

knife, scalpel, Sor. 2.63; blade of a scalpel, Hippiatr. 20; small blade in a machine, Hero Spir. 1.42; name of a measure of capacity, ἐλαίου σ. ἓν ἐσφραγισμένον PLond. 2.236.5 (iv A.D.), cf. 3.1266 (a). 7 (ii A.D.), etc.

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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