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σεμίδᾱλις

semidalis

finest wheat flour, fine flour

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Where it lives

Bel et Draco (LXX) 1 · 11.9/10k
Numeri 27 · 11.7/10k
Leviticus 17 · 9.09/10k
Regnorum IV 3 · 1.73/10k
Siracides 3 · 1.63/10k
Paralipomenon I 2 · 1.5/10k
Regnorum III 2 · 1.05/10k
Ezechiel 3 · 1.04/10k
Revelation 1 · 1.01/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σεμίδᾶλις · semidalis — Beekes

σεμίδᾶλις, -10¢ [f.] ‘finest wheat flour, fine flour’ (Hp., com., etc.). «Ἰὰν Sem. eVAR Gen. also -εως, -ἰδος. eDER σεμιδάλ-ιον (also -tv) [n.] ‘id’, -itn¢ ἄρτος (Hp. pap. etc.), see Redard 1949: οοἵ. ΦΕΤΥΜ Loanword from Semitic; cf. Syr. s*mida and Assyr. samidu ‘fine flour’ (Lewy KZ 58 (1931): 28f.), whence also Lat. simila ‘id’, etc. are derived. The Greek word was the source for Georg. semi(n)dali ‘wheat’. — [Beekes, s.v. σεμίδᾶλις, p. 1371]

2. σεμίδαλις · semidalis — Chantraine

σεμίδαλις, -ἰος, -εως, -180c : f. «farine blutée » tirée des blés durs (Ηρ., com., etc.}, d’où σεμιδάλιον, -1v (pap.} et σεμιδαλίτης [ἄρτος] « pain fait avec cette farine » (Hp. pap.), cf. Redard, Noms en -τὴῆς 90. Le grec moderne conserve σεμίδαλις «semoule », σεμιδαλίτης. Et.: Emprunt oriental certain que l’on rapproche de l'akkad, samiïdu « fine farine » selon Lewy, ΚΖ 58, 1931, 28; en dernier lieu Szemerényi, … — [Chantraine, s.v. σεμίδαλις, p. 1016]

3. σεμίδᾶλις · semidalis — Frisk

σεμίδᾶλις, -ı06, -ewc, -ıdos f. "feinstes Weizenmehl, Feinmehl’ (Hp., Kom. usw.); σεμιδάλ-ιον (-ıw) n. "ds.’, -ίτης ἄρτος (Hp., Pap. usw.; Redard 90f.). Oriental. LW, zu syr. s’mida, assyr. samidu “feines Mehl’ (Lewy KZ 58, 28f.). Aus dem Orient ebenfalls lat. simela “ds. u. a.; aus dem Griech. georg. semi(n)dali “Weizen’. S. noch Lokotsch Et. Wb. Nr. 1814; Björck Alpha impurum 64. — [Frisk, s.v. σεμίδᾶλις, p. 1664]

4. σεμίδᾱλις · semidalis — LSJ

the finest wheaten flour, bread made of σεμίδαλις

the finest wheaten flour, Hp. Vict. 2.42, Id. Acut. (Sp.) 21, Ar. Fr. 412, Hermipp. 63.22, Stratt. 2 (who has gen. -ιδος), LXX Ge. 18.6, al., Apoc. 18.13, etc.; σεμιδάρεως is an error in POxy. 736.82 (i A.D.):—hence σεμῐδᾱλίτης [ῑ] ἄρτος, ὁ, bread made of σεμίδαλις, Hp. Vict. 2.42, PPetr. 3p.179 (iii B.C.), Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.115c, Trypho ib. 109c, Ath.Med. ap. Orib. 1.2.2, etc.:—also σεμιδάλιν ( = -ιον), τό, PLond. 2.190.45 (iii A.D.), Gloss. (Cf. Assyr. samīdu, Aram. semīdā in same sense.)

In the wild

σεμίδαλιν · semidalin New Testament, Revelation 18.11 (DIORISIS sentence 355)
σεμιδάλεως · semidaleōs Septuaginta, Bel et Draco (LXX) (DIORISIS sentence 3)
σεμιδάλεως · semidaleōs Septuaginta, Exodus 29
σεμίδαλιν · semidalin Septuaginta, Exodus 29
σεμίδαλιν · semidalin Septuaginta, Ezechiel 16
σεμίδαλιν · semidalin Septuaginta, Ezechiel 16

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σεμίδᾱλις (scan p. 1371; entry #5468).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σεμίδᾱλις (scan p. 1016; entry #7169).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σεμίδᾱλις (scan p. 1664; entry #5105).

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