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γρῡμέα

grumea

trash, trumpery, woman

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What it meant

1. γρῦμέα · grymea — Beekes

γρῦμέα [f.] “bag or chest for old clothes’ (Com., Phld.). «PG» *VAR Codd. often γρυμαία; also ypupeia, γρυμεία. γρύτη [f.] ‘trash, trumpery, woman’s dressing-case, vanity-bag, frippery’ (Sapph., pap.); ‘small fry’ (Gp.). *COMP γρυμεοπώλης (Luc.); γρυτοπώλης (Cos, pap.); γρυτο-δόκη (AP). *DER Diminutive γρυτάριον (Zen., pap.); yputevetar- παρασκευάζεται ‘to prepare, put on make-up’ (H.). *ETYM In origin, the word … — [Beekes, s.v. γρῦμέα, p. 335]

2. γρυμέα · grymea — Frisk

γρυμέα (codd. oft -ala), -eia f. "Kasten für alte Kleider, Trödelware usw.’ (Kom., Phld. usw.), γρυμεοπώλης (Luk.). In ähnlicher Bed. γρύτη f. “Schmuckkasten, Tand, Fischbrut’ (Sapph., Pap., Peripl. M. Rubr. u.&.); yovro-ödn (AP), -πώλῃης (Kos, Pap.). Davon γρυτάριον Demin. (Zen., Pap.); yovrederas παρασκευάζεται H. Die Bildung von γρυμέα, -aia, -eia hat kein näheres Gegen- stück; zu γρύτη vgl. κίστη. Beziehung zu … — [Frisk, s.v. γρυμέα, p. 361]

3. γρῡμέα · grymea — LSJ

bag, chest

bag or chest for old clothes, etc., Diph. 127, Poll. 10.160, Phryn. PS p.60 B.:—also γρυμεῖα or γρυμ-εία, ibid., Et.Gud.d.

II trash, trumpery, riff-raff

= γρύτη I (Hsch.), trash, trumpery, Sotad.Com. 1.3; of persons, riff-raff, ῥήτορας καὶ ποιητὰς καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν τοιαύτην γ. Phld. Ir. p.65 W., cf. Them. Or. 21.257a; γ. παντοδαπῶν βιβλίων Dam. Isid. 293:—hence γρῡμεοπώλης, ου, ὁ, Luc. Lex. 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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