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β271Βιαρκέοςlife-sustaining, providing sustenance for life… feminine genitive singular of this adjective. [1] Greek Anthology 6.179.1-2 (Archias). The poem reads: "To rustic Pan three brothers dedicate these gifts each from a different kind of netting that provides sustenance [for life] …Matched in noteshighshort
β365Βολίςthrowing-spear… and lambda 284. See Page (323-324). [4] Greek Anthology 6.192.6 (Archias); cf. tau 1014, phi 192. On this epigram, a fisherman's dedication to Priapus, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 404-407), (vol. II, 438-439), …Matched in noteshighshort

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Βιαρκέος

life-sustaining, providing sustenance for life

[Meaning] being sufficient for living. In the Epigrams: "three brothers, each from a different kind of netting that provides sustenance for life, these gifts".

Βιαρκέος· τῆς εἰς τὸ ζῆν ἐπαρκούσης. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· βιαρκέος ἄλλος ἀπ' ἄλλης αὔθαιμοι τρισσοὶ δῶρα λινοστασίης.