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ἠλεκτρίς

elektris · ἡ

amber

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What it meant — LSJ

fem. of ἠλέκτωρ, epith. of the Moon, Orph. H. 9.6.

II amber

Ἠλεκτρίδες νῆσοι amber islands, at the mouth of the Po, Str. 5.1.9, cf. Plin. HN 4.103.

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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