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γῠρῖνος

gurinos

the finest meal

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Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k

What it meant

1. γυρῖνος · gyrinos — Beekes

γυρῖνος = yupdc. γῦρις, -εως [f.] ‘the finest meal’ (Dsc.). «ἡ eVAR Also γύριος (PSI 4, 428, 44, ITI*). *DER yupivn kind of cake (Luc.), γυρίτης (ἄρτος) ‘bread from y.’ (Ath.), γυριστήριος (gloss.). *ETYM Unknown. Perhaps connected with » yotpoc. — [Beekes, s.v. γυρῖνος, p. 340]

2. γῠρῖνος · gyrinos — LSJ

tadpole

tadpole, [βάτραχος] γ. Pl. Tht. 161d, cf. Arat. 947; χείρους γυρίνων οἱ ῥήτορες Lib. Decl. 26.36.

In the wild

γυρίνου · gyrinou Plato, Theaetetus 161

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γῠρῖνος (scan p. 340; entry #1521).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. γῠρῖνος (scan p. 367; entry #1379).

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