The corpus record

μεταλλ-εία

metalleia · ἡ

searching for metals

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Where it lives

Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

μεταλλ-εία · metall-eia — LSJ

searching for metals, mining, mines

searching for metals and the like, mining, Pl. Criti. 114e, Lg. 842d (pl.), Str. 3.2.9, al.: in pl., concrete, mines, Id. 3.2.3.

2 mining operations

mining operations in a siege, D.S. 16.74.

3 underground channel

underground channel, Pl. Lg. 761c.

metaph., μεγαλόδωρος ἡ μ. τοῦ ἀληθοῦς Max.Tyr. 17.2.

In the wild

μεταλλείας · metalleias Plato, Critias 114
μεταλλείαις · metalleiais Plato, Laws 761
μεταλλειῶν · metalleiōn Plato, Laws 842

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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