title: [The "Limophōros": Polybius III, 87, 2].
abstract: The word "limophōros", a hapax legomenon appearing in Polybius' Histories, does not mean scurvy, but rather scabies. Polybius created the word to describe an illness he believed was derived from a nutritional deficit, but can really only be seen as an attempt to describe an illness the etiology of which he was wholly unfamiliar.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foulon
mesh_terms: D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history; D003933:Diagnosis; D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history; D006664:History; D049690:History, Ancient; D010681:Philology, Classical / Q000266:history; D018644:Roman World / Q000266:history; D012532:Scabies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history; D012614:Scurvy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history; D009626:Terminology as Topic