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λυγγούριον

λυγγούριον, amber

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Λυγγὸς Proper-name noun: feminine genitive singular of Λύγξ

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λυγγούριον, τό (derived by the ancients from λύγξ, οὖρον, and supposed to be the coagulated urine of the lynx, Dsc. 2.81, Plu. Sollert. 2.962f, S.E. P. 1.119),
  • a kind of amber (glossed by ἤλεκτρον, Hsch., cf. Str. 4.6.2), Thphr. Lap. 28, IG ΙΙ(2).161 B 49 (Delos, iii B.C.), al., 22.1534.100, Str. 4.5.3 (pl.):—also written λυγκούριον, λιγκούριον, and λιγγούριον in codd.; λογγούριον Aët. 2.35.

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