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πηλός
πηλός .πηλός, οῦ, ὁ, clay, earth, such as was used by the potter and modeller, Lat. lutum, Hdt., Attic sometimes for βόρβορος or ἰλύς, mud, mire, as lutum for coenum, Hdt., Ar., etc.; proverb., ἔξω κομίζειν πηλοῦ πόδα, i. e. to keep out of difficulties, Aesch.; κάσις πηλοῦ ξύνουρος, cf. σύνορος.

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clay, earth

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πηλός
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πηλός
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πηλος
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πηλός .πηλός, οῦ, ὁ, clay, earth, such as was used by the potter and modeller, Lat. lutum, Hdt., Attic sometimes for βόρβορος or ἰλύς, mud, mire, as lutum for coenum, Hdt., Ar., etc.; proverb., ἔξω κομίζειν πηλοῦ πόδα, i. e. to keep out of difficulties, Aesch.; κάσις πηλοῦ ξύνουρος, cf. σύνορος.
IDX:
26104
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26134
Key:
phlo/s

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