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ὁλόσχοινος

ὁλόσχοινος, a coarse rush

ὁλό-σχοινος, ὁ,
  • club-rush, Scirpus Holoschoenus, Thphr. HP 4.12.1, 9.12.1, Dsc. 4.52: used in wicker-work, sts., like flax, soaked for use (βεβρεγμένος), sts. without soaking (ἄβροχος), Ael. NA 12.43: hence prov., ἀπορράπτειν τὸ Φιλίππου στόμα ὁλοσχοίνῳ ἀβρόχῳ stop Philipʼs mouth with an unsoaked rush (for rushes were soaked to make them tough), i.e. without any trouble, Aeschin. 2.21; so ἀποφράξαι ὁλοσχοίνῳ στόμα AP 10.49 (Pall.).

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