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κηκίς 1

I.anything oozing forth, ooze, Aesch.; κ. φόνου oozing blood, id=Aesch.; μυδῶσα κ., of the juices drawn by fire from a sacrificial victim, Soph.
II.the dye made from sap oozing from the gall-nut, Dem.; κ. πορφύρας the dye of the purple-fish, Aesch.

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