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λῐθ-εία

litheia · ἡ

fine stone

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What it meant

λῐθ-εία · lith-eia — LSJ

fine stone, marble

a sort of fine stone or marble, Plb. 4.52.7, Str. 9.5.16, J. AJ 8.2.9: collectively, IG ΙΙ(2).287 A 89 (Delos, iii B.C.), Sammelb. 5801.3 (i B.C., written -έα, and so in Gloss.).

II precious stones, jewellery

collectively, precious stones, jewellery, OGI 132.8 (ii B.C.), Str. 15.1.67, 16.4.22, D.S. 1.46, Peripl.M.Rubr. 56.

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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