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ἀνάγυρος

ἀνάγυρος, Anagyris foetida, stinking bean-trefoil

ἀνάγυρος, ὁ,
  • Anagyris foetida, stinking bean-trefoil, Ar. Lys. 68:— also ἀνάγυρις, ιος (-εως Gal. 16.143), ἡ, Dsc. 3.150: prov., μὴ κινεῖν τὸν ἀ. ‘let sleeping dogs lie’, Lib. Ep. 78; ὁ ἀ. κεκινῆσθαι δοκεῖ ‘the fat is in the fire’, Ar. l.c., cf. Sch. ad loc.—From it the Att. deme Ἀναγυροῦς (q.v.) took its name.

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