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προύνεικος

προύνεικος, one who bears burdens out of

προύνεικος or προύνῑκος (προυνικός, Hsch.), ὁ, (ἤνεικα)
  • one who bears burdens out of the market, hired porter, Com.Adesp. 333, 1343, Hdn.Gr. 2.445, Ael.Dion. Fr. 284 (as pr. n., IG 3.1100.12, 12 (8).484): Byz., acc. to Poll. 7.132; used as a term of abuse, low fellow, Herod. 3.12, 65, D.L. 4.6; ἀνδράσι π. prob. in Epic. ap. Ath. 14.639d: as Adj., lewd, φιλήματα AP 12.209 (Strat.). (Derived fr. πρό, ἐνείκω by Ael.Dion. l.c., cf. AB 1415, Phot.; also expld. by πρό, νεῖκος EM 691.19.)

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