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θεριακός

theriakos

for summer

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What it meant — LSJ

1. θεριακός · theriakos

for summer

for summer, ἱμάτια POxy. 1901.37 (vi A.D.).

2. θηρῐ-ᾰκός · thēri-akos

concerning venomous beasts, against a poisonous bite

concerning venomous beasts, λόγος Dsc. Ther. Praef.; Φιλῖνος <ὁ> θ., the writer on this subject, Philum. Ven. 6.1: ἡ -κή (sc. ἀντίδοτος) and antidote against a poisonous bite, Androm. ap. Gal. 14.32, etc.; θ. φάρμακα Id. 17(2).337; θηριακά, title of Nicanderʼs poem on such antidotes; of other works, Gal. 14.7; θ. ἄμπελος Gp. 4.8.1, cf. Plin. HN 14.117; θ. [οἶνος] Dsc. 5.53.

Where it came from

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