ὄστρακον — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

ὄστρακονουn clay potused for waterAr.for plantingX.in which to expose a babyAr.fragment of a broken potsherd, potsherdMen.as a makeshift weaponLys.pl.sherdsas a percussion instrument, derog.ref. to castanetsAr. specif.potsherd, ostrakonused to register a vote for banishmentPlu.ostrakon voteref. to the processPlu.shellof a tortoisehHom.of a conch, used as a trumpetTheoc.ostrakonin a game, thrown to see which way up it landsperh.shellpotsherdPl.

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an earthen vessel

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ὄστρακον

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ὄστρακον

Headword (normalized/stripped):

οστρακον

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28984

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-28985

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