The corpus record

μαρμᾰρῠγ-ή

marmaruge · ἡ

flashing, sparkling, gleaming

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Where it lives

Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

μαρμᾰρῠγ-ή · marmaryg-ē — LSJ

flashing, sparkling, gleaming

flashing, sparkling, gleaming, λάμπει δʼ ὑπὸ μαρμαρυγαῖς ὁ χρυσός B. 3.17, cf. Pl. Criti. 116c, Plu. Caes. 69; ἡ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ μ. Dam. Pr. 213; αἱ ἀπολάμπουσαι ἀπὸ τῶν ὀμμάτων μ. Damian. Opt. 2, cf. Adam. 1.16.

2 ‘seeing sparks’

‘seeing sparks’, Hp. Prog. 24 (pl.), Pl. R. 518a.

3 the quick twinkling

of any quick motion, μαρμαρυγαὶ ποδῶν the quick twinkling of the dancers’ feet. Od. 8.265, cf. h.Ap. 203.

In the wild

μαρμαρυγὰς · marmarygas Odyssey 8.265
μαρμαρυγὰς · marmarygas Plato, Critias 116
μαρμαρυγὰς · marmarygas Plato, Republic 7.515 (DIORISIS sentence 4176)
μαρμαρυγῆς · marmarygēs Plato, Republic 7.518 (DIORISIS sentence 4214)
μαρμαρυγὰς · marmarygas Plato, Timaeus 68 (DIORISIS sentence 635)

Where it came from

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