φαλάγγιον

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τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out

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Transliteration A: phalángion Transliteration B: phalangion Transliteration C: falaggion Beta Code: fala/ggion

English (LSJ)

τό, (φάλαγξ v) a kind of

   A venomous spider, esp. Lathrodectus or malmignatte, Pl.Euthd.290a, X.Mem.1.3.12, Thphr.HP8.10.1, Diocl.Fr.145; distd. from ἀράχνιον, Arist.HA622b28, cf. 555b12.    II spider-wort, Lloydia graeca, a herb, said to cure this spider's bite, Dsc.3.108.    III log or roller put under a ship, Hsch., Eust.140.9, 469.20: written φᾰλαγγ-εῖον, EM786.45.