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- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromκυνοδέσμη
- English todaykynodesme
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κυνοδέσμη (kunodésmē, literally “dog tie”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kynodesme
Today it means: A thin leather strip worn by some athletes in Ancient Greece to restrain the foreskin so as to prevent the exposure of the glans. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κυνοδέσμη