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ἀχερωίς

acherois · ἡ

white poplar, Populus alba

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

white poplar, Populus alba

white poplar, Populus alba, elsewh. λευκή, Il. 13.389, A.R. 4.1476. (Expld. with ref. to Ἀχέρων, from the legend that it had been brought from the nether world by Hercules, Paus. 5.14.2.)

II of, Acheron

Ἀχερωΐδες ὄχθαι of the river Acheron in Asia Minor, Nic. Al. 13.

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀχερωίς (scan p. 164; entry #1086).

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