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νύσσα
νύσσα νύσσα, ης, ἡ, νύσσω like Lat. meta, the name of two posts in the ἱππόδρομος: the turning-post, so placed that the chariots driving up the right side of the course, turned round it, and returned by the left side (cf. καμπτήρ) , Il. the starting post, which was also the winning post, Hom.

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νύσσα νύσσα, ης, ἡ, νύσσω like Lat. meta, the name of two posts in the ἱππόδρομος: the turning-post, so placed that the chariots driving up the right side of the course, turned round it, and returned by the left side (cf. καμπτήρ) , Il. the starting post, which was also the winning post, Hom.
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22424
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n22446
Key:
nu/ssa

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