ληνός

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See also: λῆνος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Unexplained. Perhaps a technical term of the Pre-Greek substrate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ληνός (lēnósf (genitive ληνοῦ); second declension

  1. anything shaped like a tub or trough
  2. winepress, vat where grapes are pressed
  3. trough, for watering cattle
  4. socket into which the mast fitted
  5. coffin, sarcophagus
  6. (anatomy) torcular Herophili, the confluence of sinuses
  7. lower parts of the nose

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