προβασκάνιον

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Ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ δυστυχοῦντι μὴ πλάσῃς κακόν → Miseri miseriae ne quid affingas mali → Vermehre nicht dem Unglücksraben noch sein Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 145
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Full diacritics: προβασκάνιον Medium diacritics: προβασκάνιον Low diacritics: προβασκάνιον Capitals: ΠΡΟΒΑΣΚΑΝΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: probaskánion Transliteration B: probaskanion Transliteration C: provaskanion Beta Code: probaska/nion

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.