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βρύθακες

bruthakes

silken tunics; an ancient stock

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What it meant

1. βρύθακες · brythakes — Beekes

βρύθακες [3] - οἱ χιτῶνες βομβύκινοι. ἢ γένος ἰθαγενῶν ‘silken tunics; an ancient stock’ (H.). «ρα» eETYM Fur.: 187 compares βρυτιγγοί' χιτῶνες ‘tunics’ (H.), and further, βρυτίνην: βυσσίνην (H.); he reconstructs a word *BpuO/t-o¢ ‘linen’ (or ‘silk’?). Cf. » βύσσος. — [Beekes, s.v. βρύθακες, p. 291]

2. βρύθακες · brythakes — LSJ

silken tunics, plant

silken tunics, Hsch. βρύκαι· αἱ ἱεραί (leg. βρύκαιναι· ἱεραί) (Dorian), Id. βρῡκᾰνάομαι, = βρυχανάομαι, Id. βρυκεδανός· πολυφάγος, οἱ δὲ μακρός, Id. βρυκετός, = βρυγμός, Id. βρύκος· κῆρυξ (cf. βρύοχος) , οἱ δὲ βάρβαρος (cf. βρούχετος) , οἱ δὲ ἀττέλεβος (cf. βροῦκος), Id. βρυκταία, a kind of plant, Id.

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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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