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From LSJ
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
branch, shoot: P. and V. πτόρθος, ὁ (Plato), κλών, ὁ (Plato).
trunk: Ar. and P. στέλεχος, τό, πρέμνον, τό.
Met., family: P. and V. γένος, τό, V. σπέρμα, τό, ῥίζα, ἡ, ῥίζωμα, τό; see stock.
P. and V. κατέχειν, παύειν; see check.
