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λάγυνος

λάγυνος, a flask, flagon

λάγῡνος [ᾰ], ὁ (fem. in Thessaly, Arist. Fr. 499, cf. Rhian. 75, Ath. 11.499b),
  • flask, flagon, Diph. 29, 60.8, Nicostr.Com. 11, AP 6.248 (Marc. Arg.): also in later Prose, Plu. Garr. 2.509d (fem.), POxy. 1294.6 (fem., ii/iii A. D.).
      • 2 a measure (perh. = Κνίδιον), Ostr. 43, 150, PFay. 104.3 (iii A. D.), Eratosth. ap. Ath. 7.276b (fem.):—λάγηνος is freq. v.l., arising prob. from Lat. lagena, and admissible only in late writers, e.g. Gal. 11.663. [ῠ only in late Poets, AP 11.298.]

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