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Βωτεῖν
botein
[Meaning] to plough. Laconians [sc. use the word].
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Δακνόμενος
being bitten
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] being harassed, eaten up by the expenses of horse-rearing. For raising horses is reputed to be expensive; which is also connected to the Laconian curse. For indeed the Lakedaimonians …
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Διειρωνόξενοι
falsely-hospitable, guest-dissembling
[Meaning] those totally deceiving foreigners and lying by dissimulation and acting. [Said of] the Laconians; among whom also existed the law about expulsion of foreigners. That the Laconians were disgracefully-covetous and small-minded is shown …
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Χοάς
pourings
[Meaning] outpourings, offerings over corpses, or libations. An oracle has been issued that it is necessary to bring choai to the deceased of the Aitolians, year on year, and hold a festival of the …
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