αμφίκαυστις

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μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale

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Greek Monolingual

ἀμφίκαυστις, -εως, η (Α)
1. ώριμο στάχυ τσουρουφλισμένο (ώστε να τρίβεται εύκολα και να βγαίνει ο ημίχλωρος καρπός), ψάνη
2. (στους Κωμ.) το αιδοίο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < ἀμφι- + καῦστις «ώριμο κριθάρι», θ. του καύστης < ἔκαυσα, αόρ. του ρ. καίω.