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λίκνον .λίκνον, ου, τό, a winnowing-fan, i. e. a broad basket, in which the corn was placed after threshing, and then thrown against the wind:—it was sacred to Bacchus, cf. Virgilʼs mystica vannus Iacchi, Soph., Anth. the infant Bacchus was carried in it: hence a cradle, Hhymn., etc.

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a winnowing-fan

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Headword:

λίκνον

Headword (normalized):

λίκνον

Headword (normalized/stripped):

λικνον

IDX:

19703

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n19723

Key:

li/knon

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