β458Βοῦς ἕβδομος
seventh ox
One having pastry horns in imitation of the first phase moon. They used to call this an ox and set it up as the seventh, because this seventh used to be one of the sacrifices at the six moons, as Euthycles [says] in…
Βοῦς ἕβδομος· πέμματα κέρατα ἔχοντα κατὰ μίμησιν τῆς πρωτοφαοῦς σελήνης. ἐκάλουν δὲ αὐτὸ βοῦν προστιθέντες καὶ τὸ ἕβδομον, ὅτι ἐπὶ ἓξ ταῖς σελήναις ἐπεθύετο οὗτος ἕβδομος, ὡς…
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