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[249] ἀβάκησαν (“ βάζω”) Döderl. quotes “ἀβακής” = ‘speechless,’ from Sappho, and parallels the meaning of “ἀβακέω” by “νηπιάζω”, the meaning of both which words passes from the notion of speechlessness to that of ignorance. So Apoll. and Scholl. “ἠγνόησαν”.

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