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[503] πεπυκασμένα, covered up; this is the only sense in which the word occurs in H., and must be a hyperbolical expression; see 2.777. For the use of metal facings for the wood-work of cars see 10.438 and 4.226; Helbig, H.E. p. 143. In Hymn. ix. 4 this was further developed into a “παγχρύσεον ἅρμα. κασσιτέρωι,11.24.

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