ᾖα 2

ᾖα 2.

Grammatical information: n. pl.

Meaning: `heap of husks or chaff' (ε 368, Pherecr. 161), = ἄχυρα H.; vgl. εἰαί τῶν ὀσπρίων τὰ ἀποκαθάρματα; εἶοι ὀσπρίων τὰ καθάρσια H. Here also ἤϊα κριθάων = ἄλευρα (Nic. Al. 412) "mais le sens ne s'impose pas" DELG.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Unexplained. Improbable Thumb KZ 36, 179ff., Sommer Lautstud. 154 n. 1 (after Peppmüller BB 3, 92); s. Bq.

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