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χέρμα

cherma

großer Kiesel, Schleuderstein

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What it meant

1. χέρμα᾽ · cherma᾽ — Frisk

χέρμα᾽ ποίημα (?), χάλιξ H. — Davon χερμ-άς, -άδος f. "großer Kiesel, Schleuderstein’ (poet. seit Pi., auch sp. Prosa; Kreuzung von χέρμα und xegdg? Schwyzer 508), -aöıov τι. “Feldstein, Schleuderstein’ (Hom.), -ἄδιος “einer xeguds ähnlich’ (Luk.), «-ατιστής" λίϑος χειροπλήϑης, καὶ δίσκος βακχεῖος H., -αστήρ m. ‘“Schleuder’ (AP), -draı m. pl. “Schleuderer’ (1). H.; richtig?). Verb χερμάξω "die Steine entfernen, … — [Frisk, s.v. χέρμα᾽, p. 2060]

2. χέρμα · cherma — LSJ

= χάλιξ, Hsch.; of the upper stone in an olivepress, Q.S. 14.263 (s. v.l.).

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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