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κνῖσα Lat. nidor, the steam and odour which exhales from roasting meat, the savour and steam of burnt sacrifice, which ascends up to heaven as a gift to the gods, Hom. that which caused this smell and steam, i. e. the fat, in which the flesh of the victim was wrapped and burnt, μηρούς τʼ ἐξέταμον κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν Il.

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smell of burnt sacrifice; (its source) fat caul

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κνῖσα

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κνῖσα

Headword (normalized/stripped):

κνισα

IDX:

18186

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n18204

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kni=sa

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