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ψαμμακόσιοι

ψαμμακόσιοι, sand-hundred

ψαμμᾰκόσιοι, αι, α,
  • sand-hundred, Com. word formed from ψάμμος after the analogy of διακόσιοι, τριακόσιοι, etc., to denote a countless multitude, ψ. θεαταί Eup. 286 (ψαμμοκ- v.l. ap. Suid.), cf. Ath. 15.671a; also ὀνόματα ψ. grandiloquent terms, Id. 6.230d.—So the exaggerated form ψαμμᾰκοσιογάργᾰροι, αι, α, Ar. Ach. 3 (v.l. ψαμμοκ-): cf. γάργαρα.

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