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ἄλαρα·

alara

τὸ tod δόρατος εἰς τὸν αὐλὸν τῆς ἐπιδορατίδος ἐμπῖπτον

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What it meant

1. ἄλαρα · alara — Beekes

ἄλαρα - τὸ tod δόρατος εἰς τὸν αὐλὸν τῆς ἐπιδορατίδος ἐμπῖπτον. ἢ κάρυα Ποντικά. «καὶ δένδρα ἀλαρίαι» ag’ ὧν γίνεται τὰ δόρατα (H.), cf. EM 57, 53. eVAR ἐλάραι' τὰ ἐν τῷ αὐλῷ τῶν δοράτων ἁρμοζόμενα (H.). *ETYM The interchange αἱ ε clearly points to ἃ substrate word. See Fur.: 347. — [Beekes, s.v. ἄλαρα, p. 108]

2. ἄλαρα· · alara· — LSJ

butt of spear-shaft

butt of spear-shaft, Hsch., and ἀλαρία, ἡ, tree which furnished shafts for spears, EM 57.54. ἀλαρῦναι· ῥυπᾶναι, Hsch.

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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