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1 κόγχη
κόγχ-η, ἡ,A mussel or (perh.) cockle, Emp.76.1, Sophr.25, X.An.5.3.8, Arar. 8.2, Posidipp.14.2; including several species, Arist.HA 528a22, 547b13, 622b2; ; κόγχην διελεῖν to open a mussel, prov. of an easy task, Telecl. 19; κόγχης ἄξιον, i.e. worthless, Hsch., Suid.II anything like a mussel-shell, esp. shell-like cavity in the body, as,IV niche for a statue, CIG 4556 ([place name] Palestine); apse, Epigr.Gr.446.3 ([place name] Medjed).V fourth part of a sphere, Hero *Stereom.1.40. (Cf. Skt. śa[ndot ]khás 'conch-shell'.) -
2 παίγνιον
παίγν-ιον, τό,A plaything, toy, , cf. Plt. 288c;τύχης π. Secund.Sent.7
; πλοῖον ἀνέμων π. ib.17; οἷον π. φεῦγον, of Matter because of its instability, Plot.3.6.7: in pl., Pl.Lg. 797b, etc.; dainties, Ephipp. 24.2 of persons, darling, pet, Anaxandr.9.3: also in pl. (of one person), Ar.Ec. 922, Plu.Ant.59.II in Theoc.15.50, the Egyptians are called κακὰ παίγνια, roguish cheats,—unless here it be acc. cogn. ( dirty tricks) after παίζω.3 light poem, AP6.322 (Leon.), Plb.16.21.12; Ὁμήρου, Κράτητος π., Jul.Or. 2.60d, 6.199d; title of poems by Philetas, Stob.2.4.5, al.; applied to those of Theocritus, Ael.NA15.19: metaph., of the merry chirp of the cicada, AP7.196.6 (Mel.).4 of a prose trifle, Gorg.Hel. 21.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > παίγνιον
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