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λάκκος , ,
A.pond in which water-fowl were kept, Hdt.7.119.
b. contemptuously, of the Sea of Galilee, Porph.Chr.55.
2. cistern, tank, Ar.Ec.154, Alex.174.9, LXX Ge.37.20; “τὸν λ. συντρίψαςD. 29.3.
3. pit, reservoir, Hdt.4.195; pit for storing wine, oil, or grain, X.An.4.2.22, Macho ap.Ath.13.580a; “ λ. τῶν λεόντωνThd. Da.6.7(8), al.: metaph., “ἀνήγαγέ με ἐκ λάκκου ταλαιπωρίαςLXX Ps. 39(40).2; καταβαίνειν εἰς λ. ib.27(28).1, al.:—written λάκος , PCair.Zen.176.276 (iii B. C.).
4. Κούρτιος λ., = Lat. lacus Curtius, D.H. 2.42.
5. a kind of garment, “λ. χρωμάτινοςPeripl.M.Rubr.6.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 154
    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus, 3
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.195
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.119
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 37.20
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 4.2.22
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 2.42
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