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β82Βαλίανdappled… singular) occurs. [2] Synesius, Hymns 3.77-8. [3] Greek Anthology 7.203.3-4 (Simias), an epitaph for a partridge decoy; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 177), (vol. II, 512), and another extract at delta 1530.Matched in noteshighshort

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Βαλίαν

dappled

[Referring to] a spotted hind. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] bali/wn a)ne/mwn ["of dappled breezes"]: "stay [,] winds of dappled breezes". That is, those blowing excessively. From Synesius the Cyrenaean. And…

Βαλίαν· τὴν ἔλαφον τὴν κατάστικτον. καὶ Βαλίων ἀνέμων· λήγετε πνοιαὶ βαλίων ἀνέμων. τουτέστι σφοδρῶς πνεόντων. παρὰ Συνεσίῳ τῷ Κυρηναίῳ. καὶ αὖθις· θηρεύων βαλίους συνομήλικας ἐν…