γ373Γομφίους
molars
[Meaning] teeth, fastenings. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] gomfio/doupa xalina/ ["molar-rattling bits"]; [it occurs] in the Epigrams: [it means] those which ring against the molars, that is the jaws.
Γομφίους· ὀδόντας, κλειδώσεις. καὶ Γομφιόδουπα χαλινά· ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· τὰ εἰς τοὺς γομφίους κτυποῦντα, τουτέστι τὰς σιαγόνας.
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