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γλοιός

γλοιός, any glutinous substance, gluten, gum

γλοιός, ὁ,
  • any glutinous substance, gum, Hdt. 3.112; ὁ γλισχρότατος γ. Arist. Mir. 844a14, cf. Sor. 2.11, Gp. 20.13, POxy. 1220.16 (iii A. D.; γλυοῦ Pap.); esp. oil and dirt scraped off the wrestlerʼs skin with the στλεγγίς, Sch. Ar. Nu. 449: generally, oily sediment in baths, Semon. 8, Teles p. 41 H.; γ. παιδικός substitute for butter in ointments, Hippiatr. 69.
    • II as Adj. γλοιός, ά, όν, slippery, knavish, Ar. Nu. l.c.
      • 2 = νωθρός, ἀσθενής, Hsch. Adv. -ῶς, = νυστακτικῶς, Id.
      • 3 thick, παλλίολον CPR 27.9 (ii A. D.). (For γλοι-ϝός, cf. γλία, γλίνη, etc., Lat. glūs, glūten.)

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