Μοτοφαγία

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Translated by Ross Scaife ✝28 May 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

11 words

A certain sacrifice carried out in Salamis, the one on Cyprus.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μοτοφαγία· θυσία τις ἐν Σαλαμῖνι τῆς Κύπρου ἐπιτελουμένη.

Betacode

*motofagi/a: qusi/a tis e)n *salami=ni th=s *ku/prou e)piteloume/nh.

Attested only here and in Photius mu551 Theodoridis and Hesychius mu1721 (the latter spelling it with -tt-, the version printed in LSJ). Details (and point) unknown.
cf. generally mu 1281, mu 1282.

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