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τέμᾰχος

temachos · τό

slice of fish

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τέμᾰχος · temachos — LSJ

slice of fish, slices of meat

slice of fish (τόμος being commonly employed of meat, cf. Phryn. 13), Hp. Aff. 41, Ar. Eq. 283, Pl. 894, X. An. 5.4.28, Alex. 186.8, PCair.Zen. 82.10 (iii B.C.), etc.; κεστρᾶν τεμάχη Ar. Nu. 339; θύννου Ephipp. 12 (anap.): later, generally, for slices of meat, Luc. Gall. 14, Philostr. VA 1.21, 2.6; of fruit, Paul.Aeg. 7.11: sg. in collective sense, prob. in IPE 12.76.15 (Olbia, cf. Supp.Epigr. 3.587): metaph., τεμάχη τῶν Ὁμήρου δείπνων Aesch. ap. Ath. 8.347e.

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  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τέμᾰχος (scan p. 1845; entry #5591).

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