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βαίτη, shepherdʼs or peasantʼs coat of skins

βαίτη, ἡ, Dor. βαίτα Sophr. 38:—
  • shepherdʼs or peasantʼs coat of skins, Hdt. 4.64, Theoc. 3.25, IG 5(2).268.48 (Mantinea, circ. i A. D.); τὴν β. θάλπουσαν εὖ δεῖ καὶ ῥάπτειν ‘one good turn deserves another’, Herod. 7.128.
    • II tent of skins, S. Fr. 1031. (Thracian word; Goth. paida ‘garment’.)

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