The corpus record

ὑλῐβάτης

ulibates · ὁ

mud-walker

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What it meant — LSJ

mud-walker

epith. of τράγος (ταῦρος Eust., unmetrically), Antiph. 133.3 (anap., cod.A. Ath.; ἠλιβάτας Eust.); also δέλφακας ὑλιβάτους Anaxil. 12 (lyr., cod.A Ath.): perh. = mud-walker (ὗλις), esp. in Anaxil. l.c., but ἠλιβάτας, -τους are prob. in both places: ὑλιβάταισι occurs with little context in IG 2(2).4762 (i/ii A.D.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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