- βήρυλλος
- βήρυλλοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: a precious stone, `beryll' (LXX),Other forms: βηρύλλιον `id.' (LXX).Derivatives: βηρύλλιος a plant (Ps.-Dsc.); βηρυλλίτης (λίθος, Cat. Cod. Astr.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] IndiaEtymology: The stone came in hellenistic times from India; the name was Prākrit veruliya \< veḷuriya (sanskriticised vaiḍūrya-). The word is Dravidian, perhaps derived from von Vēḷūr, now Bēlūr, a town in southern India, s. Master BSOAS 11, 304ff. βήρυλλος from βηρύλλιον Leumann Glotta 32, 215 n. 6.Page in Frisk: 1,234
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.