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σχίδακας

From LSJ

Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

Greek Monolingual

ο / σχίδαξ, -ακος, ΝΜΑ
η σχίζα
νεοελλ.
μικρό και αιχμηρό θραύσμα οστού
μουσ. ράβδος κιγκλιδώματος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θ. σχιδ- του σχίζω + επίθημα -αξ, -ακ-ος (πρβλ. κάμαξ, χάραξ)].