The corpus record

βερβέριον

berberion

kind of headdress

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What it meant

1. βερβέριον · berberion — Beekes

βερβέριον [n.] ‘kind of headdress’ (Anacr. 21, 3; LSJ Supp.). «Ὁ eETYM The word has been compared with βερρόν and βειρόν: δασύ. Older suggestions which assumed the meaning ‘shabby garment’ must now be abandoned. Bepyaios [adj.] ‘romantic, invented’ (Alex. P. Oxy. 1801, Str. 2, 3, 5). eETYM Alexander (DELG; LSJ: Antiphanes) of Berga in Thrace was famous for his ‘tall tales’. — [Beekes, s.v. βερβέριον, p. 258]

2. βερβέριον · berberion — Frisk

βερβέριον n. “ärmliches Kleid’ (Anakr. 21, 3). Reduplizierte Bildung, vgl. βερρόν und βειρόν δασύ, auch βίρροξ- δασύ. Μακεδόνες H. — Daran erinnert lat. burra “zottiges Gewand, Wolle’, reburrus “widerhaarig’ (Fick KZ 22, 203). Sonst ohne Anknüpfung. Vgl. W.-Hofmann 5. v. und s. birrus. S. auch βύρσα. — [Frisk, s.v. βερβέριον, p. 263]

3. βερβέριον · berberion — LSJ

shabby garment

shabby garment, Anacr. 21.3.

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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