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ἄλαβα

alaba

μέλαν ᾧ γράφομεν (Hsch

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What it meant

1. ἀλάβα · alaba — Chantraine

ἀλάβα : μέλαν ᾧ γράφομεν (Hsch.), ἀλάδη * λιγνύς, σποδός, καρκίνος, ὑπὸ δὲ Κυπρίων μαρίλη (Hsch.), ἀλάδη ” ἄνθρακες (Hsch.). Sauf xapxivos toutes ces gloses se rapportent à l'idée de «cendre, charbon, noir», et je mot serait chypriote (7). Et.: Ignorée. Hypothèse de Petersson, IF 34,241. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀλάβα, p. 66]

2. ἄλαβα · alaba — LSJ

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ink, Hsch., who also has ἀλάβη· λιγνύς, σποδός, καρκίνος, ὑπὸ δὲ Κυπρίων μαρίλη, and ἀ.· ἄνθρακες.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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