σκέπαρνον

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The suffix "-αρνο-" suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

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σκέπαρνον (sképarnonn (genitive σκεπάρνου); second declension

  1. carpenter's axe, adze, for hewing and smoothing the trunks of trees
  2. (medicine) slightly oblique surgical bandage

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