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γλοιός , ,
A.any glutinous substance, gum, Hdt.3.112; “ γλισχρότατος γ.Arist.Mir.844a14, cf. Sor.2.11, Gp.20.13, POxy.1220.16 (iii A. D.; γλυοῦ Pap.); esp. oil and dirt scraped off the wrestler's skin with the στλεγγίς, Sch.Ar.Nu.449: generally, oily sediment in baths, Semon.8, Telesp.41H.; γ. παιδικός substitute for butter in ointments, Hippiatr.69.
II. as Adj. γλοιός , ά, όν, slippery, knavish, Ar.Nu. l.c.
3. thick, “παλλίολονCPR27.9 (ii A. D.). (For γλοι-ϝός, cf. γλία, γλίνη, etc., Lat. glūs, glūten.
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    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.112
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