κέγχρος

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πόθῳ δὲ τοῦ θανόντος ἠγκιστρωμένη ψυχὴν περισπαίροντι φυσήσει νεκρῷ → pierced by sorrow for the dead shall breathe forth her soul on the quivering body

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Transliteration A: kénchros Transliteration B: kenchros Transliteration C: kegchros Beta Code: ke/gxros

English (LSJ)

ὁ (also ἡ, Arist.Ph.250a20, Dieuch. ap. Orib.4.7.15, Glauc. ap.POxy.1802.42, Dsc.2.97, Gal.6.791, Jul.Or.3.112a, Iamb.VP24.106),

   A millet, Panicum miliaceum, usu. in pl., Hes.Sc.398, Hdt.4.17, Hp.Acut.21, X.An.1.2.22, etc.: sg., Hecat.154 J., Hdt.1.193, Thphr. HP1.11.2, al., OGI55.15 (Telmessus, iii B.C.); of a single grain, Hdt.3.100, Plot.6.3.11, prob. in Sapph.Supp.1.13:—also κέρχνος, Anaxandr.41.27, Gal.18(1).574; cf. κέρχνωμα, κέρχνη.    II anything in small grains:    1 spawn of fish, Hdt.2.93.    2 small beads, Ath.12.525e.    3 speck, sty in the eye, Adam.1.11, al.    III = κεγχρίας 11 (q.v.), Dsc.Ther.15.    IV small kind of diamond, Plin.HN37.57.