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ἴκνυς

iknus

τύος : f, «cendre, poussières (Buck, Greek Dialects, n° 115, 8 6, Cyrène), avec

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What it meant

1. ἰκνύς · iknys — Chantraine

ἰκνύς, τύος : f, «cendre, poussières (Buck, Greek Dialects, n° 115, 8 6, Cyrène), avec dorsale sonore ἰγνὸς (Hp., Nat. Mul. 88); cf. txvuov “ κονίαν, σμῆμα (Hsch.). Et.: La syllabe finale fait penser à λιγνύς fumée, suie ». Pas d’étymologie. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἰκνύς, p. 474]

2. ἴκνυς · iknys — LSJ

dust, ashes

dust or ashes, τὰν ἴκνυν ἀπὸ τῶ βωμῶ . . ἀφελὲν ἐς καθαρόν Berl.Sitzb. 1927.159 (Cyrene); cf. ἴκνυον: κονίαν, σμῆμα, Hsch.; τὴν ἴγνυν οἴνῳ διατρίψας, δοῦναι πιεῖν Hp. Nat.Mul. 88 (v.l. ἴγδην).

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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