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καταχήνη

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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
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Transliteration A: katachḗnē Transliteration B: katachēnē Transliteration C: katachini Beta Code: kataxh/nh

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A flouting, mockery, Ar.V.575, Ec.631; Καταχῆναι, αἱ, title of play, IG14.1097.8.    II amulet in the shape of a locust offered in the Acropolis of Athens, Hsch.