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κόπρος

κόπρος, dung, ordure, manure

κόπρος, ἡ,
  • excrement, ordure, of men and cattle, Od. 9.329, al., Hdt. 3.22, etc.: in pl., Euph. 96.4; esp. as used in husbandry, dung, manure, Pl. Prt. 334a, Thphr. HP 2.7.4.
      • 2 generally, filth, dirt, κυλινδόμενος κατὰ κόπρον Il. 22.414, 24.640, cf. BGU 1116.14 (i B. C.).
    • II dunghill, byre, Il. 18.575, Od. 10.411, Call. Dian. 178; καθίσαι τινὰς ἐπὶ κόπρου Men. 544.5. (In this sense oxyt. κοπρός acc. to Eust. 1165.15.) (Cf. Skt. śákṛt, gen. śaknás ‘excrement’.)

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