- πίτῡρα
- πίτῡραGrammatical information: n. pl.,Meaning: `husks of corn, bran', also metaph. = `bran-like rash, sediment' (Hp., D., Thphr.).Other forms: rarely -ον sg.Derivatives: πιτῡρ-ίς (-ις) f. `bran-coloured olive' (Call.), -ίας m. `bread baked of bran' (Gal., Poll.), -ίτης (ἄρτος) `id.' (Philem. Gloss. ap. Ath., Gal.), -ώδης `bran-like' (Hp., Thphr.), -όομαι `to suffer from pituriasis' (Hp.), -ίζω `to have bran on oneself' (pap.) with -ισμα n. `scab' (Hdn. Gr.); -ίασις f. `bran, scab' (medic.: *-ιάω; after ψωρίασις a.o.). -- On PN Πιτυρεύς Bosshardt 119.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation like the close λέπῡρον; not certainly explained. Note the synonymous πήτεα πίτυρα, πητῖται πιτύρι\<ν\>οι ἄρτοι H., which is connected with πῆν, πάσσω (s. v.). With this πίτυρα because of its ĭ cannot without force be brought together. Whether from *πύτῡρον with dissimilation (cf. Schwyzer 258, Specht KZ 61, 277 ff.) to Lat. pŭtus `clean' with putāre `purify etc.', Skt. pávate `purify', a.o. of grain, with pávanam n. `winnow, sieve', OHG fowen `sieve, purify grain' etc. (WP. 2, 13, Pok. 827)? For connection with πίτυλος (with semant. parallels) Thumb KZ 36, 180. -- Cf. πτύον. - Prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,545
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