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γομφίος

γομφίος, a grinder-tooth

γομφ-ίος (sc. ὀδούς), ὁ, more Att. than μύλος, Moer. 111: (γόμφος): —
  • grinder-tooth, molar, chiefly in pl., Hp. Epid. 5.100, Hdt. 9.83, Ar. Pax 34, etc.; ψοφεῖ δʼ ὁ γ. Epich. 21; γομφίους συγκρούων with his teeth chattering, Babr. 92.8; opp. προσθίος, X. Mem. 1.4.6, Arist. PA 661b8.
    • II tooth of a key, Ar. Th. 423.

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