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γ177Γέρραflaps, screensSo in e.g. Epicharmus (epsilon 2766) fr. 235 Kaibel = 226 Kassel-Austin, gerra Naxia, which Henderson (below) 25 calls 'a usage probably taken from the cult of Aphrodite at Naxos'. For gerra in more …Matched in noteshighshort

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Γέρρα

flaps, screens

Among Sicilians the female and male genitalia [sc. are so called].

Γέρρα· παρὰ Σικελοῖς τὰ γυναικεῖα καὶ ἀνδρεῖα αἰδοῖα.