The corpus record

μαρμάρεος

marmareos

flashing, gleaming

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Where it lives

Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

μαρμᾰρ-εος · marmar-eos — LSJ

flashing, gleaming, twinkling

flashing, gleaming, esp. of metals, αἰγίς, ἄντυξ, Il. 17.594, 18.480; πύλαι Hes. Th. 811; ἅλα μαρμαρέην the twinkling sea, Il. 14.273; αὐγαὶ μ. Ar. Nu. 287 (lyr.); ἄστρα Orph. Fr. 168.13.

II of marble

of marble, λίθος IG 7.2544 (Thebes); στήλη ib. 14.1603; δόμος AP 6.123 (Anyt.), cf. PRyl. 227.16 (iii A.D.).

In the wild

μαρμάρεαί · marmareai Theogony 811–812
μαρμαρέην · marmareēn Iliad 14.273
μαρμαρέην · marmareēn Iliad 17.594
μαρμαρέην · marmareēn Iliad 18.480

Where it came from

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