- σεμίδᾱλις
- σεμίδᾱλις, -ιος, -εως, -ιδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `finest wheat flour, fine flour' (Hp., com. etc.).Derivatives: σεμιδάλ-ιον (-ιν) n. `id.', -ίτης ἄρτος (Hp., pap. etc.; Redard 90 f.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Semit.Etymology: Oriental. LW [loanword], to Syr. sǝmīdā, Assyr. samīdu `fine flour' (Lewy KZ 58, 28 f.). From the orient also Lat. simila `id.' a. o.; from Greek Georg. semi(n)dali `wheat'. S. also Lokotsch Et. Wb. Nr. 1814; Björck Alpha impurum 64.Page in Frisk: 2,692
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
