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ἰώδης

iodes

like verdigris, green

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What it meant

ἰώδης · iōdēs — LSJ

like verdigris, green

like verdigris, green, Hp. Prog. 11, Dsc. 5.79, Gal. 10.871; of bile, Id. 18(1).107; κακόνοια . . τουτὶ τὸ ἰῶδες . . ἀφίησιν Plu. Vind. 2.565c.

2 rust-coloured, ferruginous

rust-coloured, ferruginous, Thphr. Lap. 37, Call.Hist. 4 [not found], Dsc. 5.152.

3 poisonous, virulent

poisonous, ὕδωρ Ath. 2.42a, cf. Gal. 11.327; ὀδόντες, of serpents, Philostr.Jun. Im. 5: metaph., of persons, virulent, Ptol. Tetr. 158.

II acrid

(ὄδ-ωδα) acrid, ὀξύτητες Hp. VM 19; ἄσθμα Philum. Ven. 36.3, etc.

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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