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κημός

κημός, a muzzle; nose bag for horses; top of voting urn

κημός (Dor. κᾱμός, cf. εὐκᾱμία), ὁ,
  • muzzle, put on a led horse, to prevent it from biting, X. Eq. 5.3, AP 6.246 (Phld. or Marc. Arg.): pl., cj. in Ph. 1.698: metaph., κημοὺς στόματος muzzles or gags, A. Fr. 125.
      • 2 nose-bag for horses, Hsch.
      • 3 cloth used by bakers to cover the nose and mouth, Ath. 12.548c.
      • 4 = φορβειά, Phot.
    • II wicker vessel like an eel-basket, for fishing, weel, S. Fr. 504.
      • 2 funnel-shaped top of the voting-urn, Ar. Eq. 1150 (lyr., et ibi Sch.), V. 99, al.
    • III a female ornament, Hsch., Phot.

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