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θαυμᾰτοποι-ία

thaumatopoiia · ἡ

conjuring, juggling

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What it meant — LSJ

conjuring, juggling

conjuring, juggling, Pl. R. 602d, lamb.Myst. 3.29.

II a straining after the marvellous

of orators, a straining after the marvellous, Isoc. 10.7 (pl.).

2 marvellous achievement

marvellous achievement, D.C. 57.21.

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Where it came from

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