α1002Ἀκροθίνια
spoils, akrothinia
[Meaning] the first-fruits of the annual crops. But in the strict sense akrothinia is the name for the first-fruits which those [who make their living] out of importing dedicate, because they are saved from the sand…
Ἀκροθίνια· αἱ τῶν ἐνιαυσιαίων καρπῶν ἀπαρχαί. ἀκροθίνια δὲ κυρίως καλεῖσθαι τὰς ἀπαρχὰς, ἃς ἀνατιθέασιν οἱ ἐξ ἐμπορίας, παρὰ τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ θινὸς, τουτέστι τοῦ αἰγιαλοῦ, σεσῶσθαι…