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φείδων, an oil-can with a narrow neck, that lets only a little run out

φείδων, ωνος, ὁ,
  • oil-can with a narrow neck, that lets only a little run out, Poll. 10.179, cf. II.1.
    • II as pr.n. Φείδων, king of Argos, the author of Peloponnesian weights and measures, Hdt. 6.127:— hence Adj. Φειδώνειος or Φειδώνιος, α, ον, μέτρα Arist. Ath. 10.2, Fr. 480, Thphr. Char. 30.11, Str. 8.3.33 (Poll. l.c. connects signf. I with the Adj.); μέδιμνοι Φ. Delph. 3(5).3 ii 3 (iv B. C.).
      • 2 name of an old man in Com., Thrifty, Antiph. 191.21, etc.:—hence Com. patron. Φειδωνίδης [ῐ], ου, ὁ, Thrifty-son, Ar. Nu. 65.

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