The corpus record

ὄλυρα

olura · ἡ

rice-wheat

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Where it lives

Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ὄλῡρ-ᾰ · olyr-a — LSJ

= ζειαί (q. v.), Hdt. 2.36, 77, D. 8.45, PHal. 20.2 (iii B. C.), LXX Ex. 9.32, etc. ; mentioned as food for horses along with barley (κρῖ), Il. 5.196, 8.564.

2 rice-wheat

rice-wheat, a cultural variety of ζειά 2, Thphr. HP 8.9.2, Diocl. Fr. 113, Dsc. 2.91.

In the wild

ὀλυρέων · olyreōn Herodotus, Histories 2.36.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1789)
ὀλυρέων · olyreōn Herodotus, Histories 2.77.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2087)
ὀλύρας · olyras Iliad 5.196
ὀλύρας · olyras Iliad 8.564
ὀλύρα · olyra Septuaginta, Exodus 9
ὄλυραν · olyran Septuaginta, Ezechiel 4

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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