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προκάλυμμα

προκάλυμμα, anything put before, a curtain

προκάλυμμα [κᾰ], ατος, τό,
  • anything put before, veil, curtain, A. Ag. 691 (lyr., pl.).
      • 2 covering, as a protection, Th. 2.75; [σὰρξ ὀστέων] π. Ti.Locr. 100b.
      • 3 metaph., screen, cloak, ἁμαρτανομένων λόγοι . . π. γίγνονται Th. 3.67; τὸ σχῆμα τῆς θείας οἰκίας π. ποιούμενοι Jahresh. 23 Beibl. 285 (Ephesus); τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς J. BJ 5.3.1; τῆς βδελυρίας Luc. Pseudol. 31; π. προβεβλῆσθαι τῆς αὐτομολίας Id. Merc.Cond. 5; γευμάτων ἀπατηλῶν π. ἡ χολή, in jaundice, Aret. SD 1.15.

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