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clothing1
dialects, grammar, and etymology1
geography1
mythology1
philosophy1
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Α alpha2

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geography1
mythology1
philosophy1
science and technology1

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Α alpha2

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high2

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Short2

Translator

Andrew Morrison2

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α1653Ἀμπεχόνηshawl, cloak, wrap… = Latin pallium. Thus far the entry is paralleled in Photius and other lexica. [4] See LSJ under a)mpe/xw (sic).Matched in noteshighshort
α1656Ἄμπωτιςebb, ebbing, suckback… Same or similar glossing in other lexica; (copious) references at Photius alpha1257 Theodoridis. [2] i.e. "Charon [Author, Myth]'s" (chi 135) -- here possibly caves thought to lead to the underworld on account of their …Matched in noteshighshort

α1653

Ἀμπεχόνη

shawl, cloak, wrap

[Meaning] clothing, garment/cloak. Also [sc. attested is its diminutive] a)mpexo/nion, [meaning] small garment/cloak, pallion. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)mpi/sxw, [meaning] I put on.

Ἀμπεχόνη· ἀμφίον, ἱμάτιον. καὶ Ἀμπεχόνιον, λεπτὸν ἱμάτιον, παλλίον. καὶ Ἀμπίσχω, ἐνδύω.