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κάχρῠς

kachrus · ἡ

parched barley

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What it meant — LSJ

parched barley

parched barley, Cratin. 274, Hp. Mul. 1.97, Ar. Nu. 1358, V. 1306, Gal. 11.404.

2 winter-bud

winter-bud, Thphr. HP 3.5.5, 5.1.4: acc.pl., τὰς κάχρυς ib. 3.14.1.

II fruit of λιβανωτίς, the whole plant

neut. κάχρυ, τό, fruit of λιβανωτίς, ib. 9.11.10, Ph. Bel. 86.23, Dsc. 3.74 (v.l. κάγχρυς); also, the whole plant, Ps.-Dsc. l.c.; κάχρυος ῥίζα Hp. Nat.Mul. 32, Philum. Ven. 6.1.

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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