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βαλβίς deriv. uncertain properly, the rope drawn across the race-course: mostly in pl., Lat. carceres, the posts marking the line whence the racers started, and to which they returned, Ar.:—then, any starting point, Eur., Ar.; metaph., πρὸς βαλβῖδα βίου Eur. also any point to be gained, as the battlements (by one scaling a wall), Soph.

ShortDef

the rope drawn across the race-course

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Headword:

βαλβίς

Headword (normalized):

βαλβίς

Headword (normalized/stripped):

βαλβις

IDX:

6082

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6086

Key:

balbi/s

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