- ὄλυραι
- ὄλυραιGrammatical information: f. pl., rarely sg.Meaning: kind of grain like ζειαί, usu. tranlated with `spelt- (corn)', also with `durra' (Egypt) (Il., Hdt., D., Thphr.; cf. Moritz ClassQuart. N.S. 5, 129 ff.).Compounds: As 1. member e.g. in ὀλυρο-κόπος m. 'ὄ.-beater, -baker' (pap. IIIa; Mayser Pap. I. 3, 165).Derivatives: ὀλύρ-ινος 'ὄ.-ferous, made of ὄ.' (pap. IIIa Gal.), -ίτης (ἄρτος) m. `bread made of ὄ' (LXX; Redard 90).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Isolated culture-word; cf. on 2. ἔλυμος and ὄλυνθος; also οὑλαί. So Pre-Greek; cf. αχυρα.Page in Frisk: 2,384
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.