The corpus record

θνησ-είδιον

thneseidion · τό

carcase of an animal

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

carcase of an animal

carcase of an animal, ἐσθίειν κενέβρειόν τε καὶ θ. Ael. NA 6.2 (θν. preferred to κ. by Phryn. PS p.75 B.); ἐσθῆτα ἀπὸ θνησειδίων φορεῖν Philostr. VA 8.7.4; ἅψασθαι θνησειδίων Porph. Abst. 4.16, cf. D.L. 8.33:—Aeol. θνᾱσίδιον Schwyzer 633.14 (Eresus, ii/i B.C.).

In the wild

θνησειδίων · thnēseidiōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7266)

Where it came from

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