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βλωθρός

blothros

head

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1. βλωθρός · blōthros — Beekes

βλωθρός [adj.] (grown) high’ (of trees; Il.). *VAR γλωθρός (H., see LSJ Supp. and Fur.: 389), a form which is often overlooked. *ETYM The connection with a word for ‘head’ (Skt. mairdhdn- [m.], OE molda [m.] ‘upper part of the head, crown’) as *pthw@pdc is obsolete. Nor can it be connected to » μέλαθρον or » βλαστάνω, two alternative proposals by Frisk. Further, » βλώσκω “est loin pour le sens” (DELG). In my … — [Beekes, s.v. βλωθρός, p. 270]

2. ᾿βλωθρός · ᾿blōthros — Chantraine

᾿βλωθρός, -ά, -όν : «de haute taille » en parlant’ d’un arbre (1 13,390 = 16,483, Od. 24,234); repris par les poètes alexandrins. Pas de dérivés. — [Chantraine, s.v. ᾿βλωθρός, p. 196]

3. βλωθϑρός · blōthϑros — Frisk

βλωθϑρός. Gegen Heranziehung von toch. AB mräc ‘Gipfel’ Pisanı ΚΖ 71 (1954) 126. — [Frisk, s.v. βλωθϑρός, p. 2179]

4. βλωθρός · blōthros — LSJ

tall

tall, πίτυς β. Il. 13.390; β. ὄγχνη Od. 24.234, cf. A.R. 4.1476, Q.S. 8.204; βλωθρῇ ἐπὶ ποίῃ Arat. 1089. (Perh. cf. Skt. mūrdhá̄ ‘head’, OE. molda ‘head’.)

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βλωθρός (scan p. 270; entry #1195).

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