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σῶρ-ι

sori

ferrous sulfate, melanterite

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What it meant

1. σῶρι · sōri — Beekes

σῶρι [n.] name of an ore, perhaps ‘ferrous sulfate, melanterite’ (Dsc.). eVAR Gen. -ews (Dsc., Hippiatr.), Lat. -eos (Cels., Plin.), σῶρυ (Gal., Orib.). *ETYMA foreign word of unknown origin. The formation recalls oti, σάρι, or piov, μῶλυ, et al., respectively. The variation / v (Fur.: 367) points to a Pre-Greek word. — [Beekes, s.v. σῶρι, p. 1491]

2. σῶρι · sōri — Chantraine

σῶρι : Dsc., gén. -εὡς (Dsc., Hippiatr.), lat. -e0s (Cels., Pline}, σῶρυ (Gal., Orib.) n., nom d’un minerai, peut-être « sulfate de fer ». Finales comparables dans d'autres noms de produits minéraux, comme στῖμι ou μίσυ. Très probablement terme d'emprunt. — [Chantraine, s.v. σῶρι, p. 1104]

3. σῶρι · sōri — Frisk

σῶρι (Dsk.), Gen.-ews (Dsk., Hippiatr.), lat. -eos (Cels., Plin.), σῶρυ (Gal., Orib.) n. N. eines Erzes, viell. “Eisensulfat’. — Bildung wie ori, ode, bzw. ulov, μῶλυ u.a. Fremdwort unbekannten Ursprungs. — [Frisk, s.v. σῶρι, p. 1815]

4. σῶρ-ι · sōr-i — LSJ

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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