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[230] ἀργύφεον. Another form is “ἄργυφος Od.10. 85.Benfey refers this termination to a root “φα”, Skt. bhA, implying ‘likeness;’ in which sense it reappears as a characteristic suffix of diminutives; cp. “ζωύφιον, ξυλήφιον”. Düntzer compares “ἀργ-ύφ-εος” with “κορυφή”, as well as with diminutives in “-υφιον”.

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