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ἅλῐμος

alimos

of, belonging to the sea, seaside

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Where it lives

Job 2 · 1.5/10k
Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

1. ἅλῐμος · halimos — LSJ

of, belonging to the sea, seaside

of or belonging to the sea, ὄτοβος Trag.Adesp. 247; τὰ ἅ. seaside, LXX Je. 17.6.

II tree purslane, Atriples Halimus

as Subst., ἅλιμον, τό, tree purslane, Atriples Halimus, Antiph. 160, Thphr. HP 4.16.5, Dsc. 1.91 (ἅλιμος, ὁ, Ps.-Dsc. ibid.). (Sts. written ἄλιμον, cf. AB 376.)

2. ἄλῑμος · alimos — LSJ

banishing hunger

banishing hunger, τροφή, a food said to be prepared from asphodel and mallows, Herodor. 1 J., Hermipp.Hist. 1.8, cf. Plu. Symp. 2.157d, Porph. Abst. 4.20.

In the wild

ἁλίμοις · halimois Septuaginta, Jeremias 17
ἅλιμα · halima Septuaginta, Job 30
ἅλιμα · halima Septuaginta, Job 30

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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