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tettigophoras · ὁ
wearing a τέττιξ
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τεττῑγο-φόρας · tettigo-phoras — LSJ
wearing a τέττιξ, as the Athenians were called, because in early times they wore golden τέττιγες, as a token that they were αὐτόχθονες (cf. τέττιξ I.2, τεττιγομήτρα), Ar. Eq. 1331 (anap.): also τεττῑγο-φόρος, ον, Eust. 395.34: hence τεττῑγο-φορία, ἡ, Tz. H. 1.233.
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