1. μολύβδαινα · molybdaina — Beekes
μολύβδαινα “bull of lead’. κόλυβος ~ καλύπτω. κόλυθροι ‘testicles’. -’ κολεόν and σκόλυθρον. — [Beekes, s.v. μολύβδαινα, p. 788]
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μολύβδαινα
molubdaina
testicles
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2. μολύβδ-αινα · molybd-aina — LSJ
piece of lead, the sink
piece of lead, used as the sink of a fishing-line, Il. 24.80.
2 bullet
bullet, μ. χερμαδία Luc. Lex. 5.
3 plumb
plumb in a masonʼs line, Poll. 7.125, 10.147.
II sulphuret of lead, galena
a metallic substance, prob. sulphuret of lead, galena, Hp. Mul. 2.188, Arist. GA 735b16, Dsc. 5.85, Plin. HN 34.173.
III Plumbago europaea
a plant, Plumbago europaea, ib. 25.155.
In the wild
- μολυβδαίνῃ · molybdainēi Iliad 24.80
- μολυβδαίνῃ · molybdainēi Plato, Ion 538
- μολυβδαίνῃ · molybdainēi Plato, Ion 538
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μολύβδαινα (scan p. 788; entry #3346).
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