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ὀστρακόω, turn into potsherds, dash to pieces

ὀστρᾰκ-όω,
  • turn into potsherds, dash to pieces:—Pass., to be dashed in pieces, A. Fr. 180.4.
    • II make the skin hard like shell, ὀ. τὸ δέρμα Arist. Pr. 869b25:—Pass., become covered with a hard shell, Lyc. 89; so of bread baked to a crust, Gal. 14.50.
    • III pave with concrete (cf. ὀστρακοκονία), IG 2(2).463.82 (iv B. C.).

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