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ἀκροβυστία

ἀκροβυστία, the foreskin

ἀκρο-βυστία, ἡ,
  • foreskin, LXX Ge. 17.11, al., Ph. Fr. 49 H., Act.Ap. 11.3.
    • II state of having the foreskin, uncircumcision, Ep.Rom. 2.25, etc.
      • 2 collect., the uncircumcised, ib. 2.26, 3.30, etc. (Prob. from ἄκρος and a Semitic root, cf. Bab. buśtu ‘pudenda’, Heb. bōsheth ‘shameʼ: wrongly derived from ἄκρος, βύω by EM 53.48.)

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