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architecture1
dialects, grammar, and etymology1
ethics1
imagery1
stagecraft1

Letter

Ε epsilon1

Vetting status

high1

Length

Short1

Translator

David Whitehead1

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architecture1
dialects, grammar, and etymology1
ethics1
imagery1
stagecraft1

Letter

Ε epsilon1

Vetting status

high1

Length

Short1

Translator

David Whitehead1

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ε2575Ἐπισκήνιονepiskenion, episcenium… means either the upper storey of a skene sigma 569 (Vitruvius) or 'something brought on the the skene' (Hesychius s.v.). But it might be an adjective, meaning stage-y; LSJ s.v. notes an instance of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2575

Ἐπισκήνιον

episkenion, episcenium

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Ἐπισκήνιον.