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σκάρος

σκάρος, parrot-wrasse, Scarus cretensis

σκάρος, ὁ,
  • a sea-fish, the parrot-wrasse, Scarus cretensis, supposed by the ancients to chew the cud, Epich. 54, Arist. HA 508b11, Archestr. Frr. 13, 41 (where σπάρον is dub. cj.), PCair.Zen. 83.2 (iii B.C.), Gal. Vict.Att. 8. (Prob. from σκαίρω, Arist. Fr. 332.) [ᾰ, ll. cc.; ᾱ dub. in Philem. 79.20.]
σκάρος [ᾰ], εος, τό,
  • = σκαρθμός, EM 723.2. σκαρπαδεῦσαι, v. σκαπερδεύω. σκάρτας· ταχύς, Hsch. σκαρφᾶσθαι· σκεδάννυσθαι, Id. (Cf. οδοσκάρφα.) σκάρφος, v. κάρφος.

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