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ἁρπεδόνη

ἁρπεδόνη, a cord

ἁρπεδόν-η, ἡ,
  • cord, for binding or snaring game, X. Cyr. 1.6.28, AP 9.244 (Apollonid.).
      • 2 yarn of which cloth is made, Hdt. 3.47, Aristias 2 (ap. Poll. 7.31), AP 6.160 (Antip. Sid.); silk-wormʼs thread, Paus. 6.26.8; bow-string, AP 5.193 (Posidipp. or Asclep.).
    • II ἁρπεδόναι· τῶν ἀμαυρῶν ἄστρων σύγχυσις (i.e. band of stars connecting Pisces), Hsch., cf. Vitr. 9.5.3.

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