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γέρρον , τό,
A.anything made of wicker-work:
I. oblong shield, covered with ox-hide, Hdt.7.61, X.Cyr.7.1.33, etc.; “Θρᾴκια γ.Plu. Aem.32.
II. γέρρα, τά, wattled screens or booths, used in the Athen. market-place, “τὰ γ. ἐνεπίμπρασανD.18.169; “τὰ γ. ἀναιρεῖνId.59.90: generally, wattles, Str.4.4.3, Jul.Or.1.29d: metaph. of the eyelashes, Gal.UP10.6.
III. wicker body of a cart, Str.7.2.3.
V. stake, Eup.405; dart, dub. in Alcm.133.
2. = αἰδοῖον (Sicel) (or prob., = ὄλισβος, cf. Orion 43.24), Epich.235.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 169
    • Demosthenes, Against Neaera, 90
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.61
    • Strabo, Geography, 4.4.3
    • Strabo, Geography, 7.2.3
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 7.1.33
    • Polybius, Histories, 8.3.3
    • Plutarch, Aemilius Paullus, 32
    • Arrian, Anabasis, 1.21.5
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 6.92
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