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μήρινθος

merinthos

hair

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What it meant

1. μήρινθος · mērinthos — Beekes

μήρινθος [f.] “cord, thread’ (Il.). °VAR σμήρινθος [f.] (Pl. Lg. 644 e). Cf. μήρινς Orph. A. 597, and further σμῆριγξ, -tyyog ‘hair’ (Lyc. Poll. 2,22, H.); σμήριγγες: πλεκταί, σειραί, βόστρυχοι (H.), see > μῆριγξ. *ETYM Because of its suffix, μήρινθος is probably Pre-Greek. Adaptation to μηρύομαι has also been assumed, a word that was probably inherited. However, there is little reason for this: see » … — [Beekes, s.v. μήρινθος, p. 998]

2. μήρινθος · mērinthos — Chantraine

μήρινθος, μηρύομαι, ete. : le subst. μήρινθος f. désigne une corde, une ligne pour pêcher, etc. (IL 23,854,859, — [Chantraine, s.v. μήρινθος, p. 714]

3. μήρινθος · mērinthos — LSJ

cord, line, string, fishing-line, line

cord, line, string, ἐκ δὲ τρήρωνα πέλειαν λεπτῇ μηρίνθῳ δῆσεν ποδός Il. 23.854, cf. 869; μήρινθον ἐπισπασάμενοι Arist. Mu. 398b17; γραμματεῖον μηρίνθῳ δεδεμένον Ach.Tat. 8.12: metaph., εἰ μὴ μηρίνθους ἡ φιλοσοφία περιτέθεικεν Plu. Alex. fort. 2.333c; fishing-line, Theoc. 21.12: hence prov., αὕτη μὲν ἡ μ. οὐδὲν ἔσπασε this line caught nothing, i. e. it was of no avail, Ar. Th. 928, cf. Luc. Herm. 28; cf. σμήρινθος. (Hsch. has μηρινθίᾳ· σπάρτῳ (post μήρυγμα).)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μήρινθος (scan p. 998; entry #4074).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μήρινθος (scan p. 714; entry #5284).

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