σμήνη

A. f.l. for μήνη in Hdn.Gr.2.923 codd.
II. pl.,= τῶν μελισσῶν οἱ κηροδόχοι ἤτοι αἱ θῆκαι, Hsch.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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