The corpus record

γῦρις

guris

eus : f

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

What it meant

1. γῦρις · gyris — Chantraine

γῦρις, -eus : f. « fleur de farine la plus fine » (Dsc., Sor., Ath., pap.); p.-ê. sous la forme γύριος (PSI 4,428, 1115 5. av.); le terme iatin correspondant est frifici pollen: il s'agit p.-ê. de la partie amylacée et intérieure du grain de blé. Dérivé γυρίνη espèce de gâteau (Luc.), γυρίτης (ἄρτος) pain fait de γῦρις (Gp. 20,41, Hsch., cf. Redard,. Les noms grecs en -τῆς 88 sq.); γυριστήριον κόσκινον (Gloss) … — [Chantraine, s.v. γῦρις, p. 257]

2. γῦρις · gyris — Frisk

γῦρις, -ews f. “feinstes Weizenmehl’ (Dsk., Pap., Ath. usw.). Auch γύριος (PSI 4, 428, 44, 1718, nicht ganz sicher). — Davon yvelvn Art Kuchen (Luk.), γυρίτης (ἄρτος) "Brot aus y.’ (Ath., Gp., H.; vgl. Redard Les noms grecs en -τῆς 88f.), γυριστήριος (Gloss.). — Technisches Wort ohne Etymologie. Vgl. γοῦρος. — [Frisk, s.v. γῦρις, p. 367]

3. γῦρις · gyris — LSJ

the finest meal

the finest meal, Dsc. 2.85, Sor. 1.118, Ath. 3.115d, POxy. 520.12 (ii A. D.):—also γύριος, prob. in PSI 4.428.44 (iii B.C.), cf. girius, = farina, pollen, Gloss.

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.

Downloads

Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)

CC BY 4.0 with receipt attribution — every file carries its license line. What is exportable

Ask the librarian

Ask about γῦρις →