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Jennifer Benedict1

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β485Βώμαξscoundrel… of Attic Comedy: Comica adespota fr. 966 Kock, but now Teleclides fr. 61 K.-A. cf. beta 484, beta 486, beta 487, beta 488, beta 489, beta 490.Matched in noteshighshort

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Βώμαξ

scoundrel

[Meaning] altar-thief. One who takes from altars before the offering is made. It is applied also to those being craven.

Βώμαξ· βωμολόχος. ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν βωμῶν πρὶν καρπωθῆναι αἴρων. τάσσεται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν μαλακιζομένων.