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πάγασα

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Greek Monolingual

πάγασα (Α)
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «θύρα, καὶ παγασαί».

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: θύρα. καὶ παγασαί H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Furnèe 157 n. 57 identifies the word with the town Παγασαί in Thessaly. The suffix also in κάρπασον. The word is Pre-Greek. Other place names in -ασα are mentioned by Furnée 64 n. 268: Περγασα etc.