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ἄλευρον

aleuron1 · τό

wheat-meal

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἄλευρον · aleuron — LSJ

wheat-meal, barley-meal

= ἀλείατα, wheat-meal (opp. ἄλφιτα barley-meal, Hdt. 7.119; ἐκ μὲν τῶν κριθῶν ἄλφιτα σκευαζόμενοι, ἐκ δὲ τῶν πυρῶν ἄλευρα Pl. R. 372b, cf. Epin. 975b, X. An. 1.5.6, Arist. Pr. 863b2: in sg., Ar. Fr. 50, Sotad.Com. 1.24, Arist. Pr. 927a11, Theoc. 14.7.

2 meal

generally, meal, ἄ. κρίθινον Dsc. 1.72; τήλινον 3.40, cf. 2.102; made from dried sorbs, 1.120.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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