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χηνίσκος

χηνίσκος, a ship’s stern turned up like a goose’s neck

χην-ίσκος, ὁ,
  • Dim. of χήν, Eub. 15.3.
    • II top of a shipʼs stern post in the form of a gooseʼs head and neck, Ptol. Alm. 8.1, Luc. VH 2.41, Nav. 5, JTr. 47, Artem. 2.23, Eust. 667.16.
      • 2 ornament on a bowl, Inscr.Délos 372B 72 (iii/ii B. C.); part of a machine, Orib. 49.4.28.

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