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|Transliteration C=oloschoinos | |Transliteration C=oloschoinos | ||
|Beta Code=o(lo/sxoinos | |Beta Code=o(lo/sxoinos | ||
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[club-rush]], [[Scirpus | |Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[club-rush]], [[Scirpus holoschoenus]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.12.1</span>,<span class="bibl">9.12.1</span>, Dsc.4.52 : used in wicker-work, sts., like [[flax]] [[soak]]ed for use ([[βεβρεγμένος]]), sts. without soaking ([[ἄβροχος]]), <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>12.43</span> : hence [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἀπορράπτειν τὸ Φιλίππου στόμα ὁλοσχοίνῳ ἀβρόχῳ]] = [[stop]] [[Philip]]'s [[mouth]] with an [[unsoaked]] [[rush]] (for rushes were soaked to make them tough), i.e. without any [[trouble]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.21</span> ; so ἀποφράξαι ὁλοσχοίνῳ στόμα <span class="title">AP</span>10.49 (Pall.).</span> | ||
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