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ptoliporthion

city-sacker (diminutive)

Source Aristophanic

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Etymology

Diminutive epithet, mock-Homeric (πτολίπορθος + -ιον); from Aristophanes Knights or similar.

Occurrences in 1 work (1 total)

Ad Familiares 10.13 11 May 43 BC · 1 occurrence

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