ὀλβακήϊον

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τὸν ἀπὸ γραμμᾶς κινεῖν λίθον → move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort

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[Seite 318] τό, auch ὄλβαχνον, ὀλβάχνιον, E. M., und ὀλβάχιον geschrieben, soll nach den VLL. ein syrakusanisches Wort sein und für ὄλαχνον, = οὐλοχόϊον stehen; Hesych. erkl. ὀλβάχιον durch κανοῦν.