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μέταξ-α

metaxa

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What it meant

1. μέταξα · metaxa — Chantraine

μέταξα : f. «soie », avec μετάξιον, μεταξάριος. Termes tardifs et byzantins, cf. Kalleris, Ai profai ulai tes uphantourgias eis ten plolemaiken Aigupton, Athènes 1952, 88. Le lat. ἃ mataxa « cordon ». Et.: Emprunt d'origine inconnue. — [Chantraine, s.v. μέταξα, p. 708]

2. μέταξ-α · metax-a — LSJ

raw silk, mataxa

raw silk, Procop. Arc. 25, Lyd. Mag. 2.4, etc. (The etym. is unknown: an earlier Latin form mataxa in Lucil. 1192, Vitr. 7.3.2 in the sense of ‘floss’, ‘tow’.)

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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