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|Definition=ὁ, [[club-rush]], [[Scirpus holoschoenus]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.12.1</span>,<span class="bibl">9.12.1</span>, Dsc.4.52 : used in wicker-work, sts., like [[flax]] [[soak]]ed for use ([[βεβρεγμένος]]), sometimes without soaking ([[ἄβροχος]]), <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>12.43</span> : hence [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἀπορράπτειν τὸ Φιλίππου στόμα ὁλοσχοίνῳ ἀβρόχῳ]] = [[stop]] [[Philip]]'s [[mouth]] with an [[unsoaked]] [[rush]] (for rushes were soaked to make them tough), i.e. without any [[trouble]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.21</span>; so ἀποφράξαι ὁλοσχοίνῳ στόμα <span class="title">AP</span>10.49 (Pall.).