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ε3131Ἐσσήνmonarch… From scholia to Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 1.66 ("monarch of gods" -- accusative case).Matched in noteshighshort

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Ἐσσήν

monarch

[Meaning] king; properly of the bees. e)ssh=nos [is] the genitive.

Ἐσσήν· βασιλεύς· κυρίως τῶν μελισσῶν. Ἐσσῆνος, ἡ γενική.

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