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ἐχινῆ

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Full diacritics: ἐχῑνῆ Medium diacritics: ἐχινῆ Low diacritics: εχινή Capitals: ΕΧΙΝΗ
Transliteration A: echinē̂ Transliteration B: echinē Transliteration C: echini Beta Code: e)xinh=

English (LSJ)

(sc. δορά), ἡ, A hedgehog's skin, Hdn.Gr.1.334. II ἐ. στρατιωτική, prob. = ἐχινέα, IG11(2).161 B 125 (Delos, iii B.C.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 1126] ἡ, zsgzgn aus ἐχινέα, die Haut des Igels, Arcad. p. 112.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐχῑνῆ: (δηλ. δορά), ἡ, δέρμα τοῦ ἐχίνου (ἀκανθοχοίρου), Ἀρκάδ. σ. 112, πρβλ. Κόντου Φιλολογ. Σύμμικτα ἐν Ἀθηνᾶς τ. Δ΄, σ. 320.

Greek Monolingual

ἐχινῆ, ἡ (Α) εχίνος
1. (ενν. δορά) δέρμα σκαντζόχοιρου
2. «ἐχινῆ στρατιωτική» — πιθ. ἐχινέα, είδος αγγείου, δοχείου που χρησιμοποιούσαν οι στρατιώτες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < εχίνος + κατάλ. -η (πρβλ. λεοντ-ή)].