προβασκάνιον

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English (LSJ)

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   A safeguard against witchcraft, amulet or scarecrow hung up before workshops or in fields. LXX Ep.Je.70, Plu.2.681f, Hsch. s.v. κεράμβηλον; = muttonius, Gloss. (also προβασκαντον, = muttonium, ib.); less correct than βασκάνιον, Phryn.68.