Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περισκυλακισμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: περισκυλακισμός περισκυλακισμοῦ

Structure: περισκυλακισμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sku/lac

Sense

  1. a sacrifice in which a puppy was sacrificed and carried about

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ Ἕλληνεσ ἔν τε τοῖσ καθαρσίοισ σκύλακασ ἐκφέρουσι καὶ πολλαχοῦ χρῶνται τοῖσ λεγομένοισ περισκυλακισμοῖσ· (Plutarch, chapter 21 8:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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