1. μίλτος · miltos — Beekes
ruddle, red earth, red color, cinnabar, vermillion, red lead
The corpus record
μίλτος
miltos
ruddle, red earth, red color, cinnabar, vermillion, red lead
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Economics 3 · 1.69/10k
- Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
- Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k
- Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
Senses
2. μίλτος · miltos — Chantraine
f
3. μίλτος · miltos — LSJ
red earth, red ochre, ruddle
Attestations
- μίλτῳ · miltōi Herodotus, Histories 4.191.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5283)
- μίλτῳ · miltōi Herodotus, Histories 7.69.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7502)
- μίλτῳ · miltōi Xenophon, Economics 10.5 (DIORISIS sentence 506)
- μίλτου · miltou Xenophon, Economics 10.5 (DIORISIS sentence 506)
- μίλτου · miltou Xenophon, Economics 10.6 (DIORISIS sentence 507)
- μίλτῳ · miltōi Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 13
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1003; entry #4092 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 719; entry #5313 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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