βωμολόχος
bomolochos
one that waited about the altars, to beg or steal some of the meat offered thereon
Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βωμολόχος, ον, (λοχάω) prop. A. one that waited about the altars, to beg or steal some of the meat offered thereon, ἵνα μὴ πρὸς τοῖσι βωμοῖς ἀεὶ λοχῶντες βωμολόχοι καλώμεθα 141; β. ἱερεῖς 5.119; expld. by ἱερόσυλος, , Et.Gud. 2. metaph., ribald, coarse, β. ξυνήγορος Eq. 1358, cf. Ra. 1085,1521, al., EN 1108a25, Rh. 1419b9, Merc.Cond. 24, etc.; β. κόλαξ AP 11.323 (): Sup. -ώτατος Mus.p.77K.; βωμολόχον τι ἐξευρεῖν invent some ribald trick, Eq. 1194; β. ἔπεσιν χαίρει Ra. 358; τὸ β., = βωμολοχία, 2.68asq. Adv. -χως Arc. 9, in Phd. p.70N. 3. small jackdaw, HA 617b18.
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