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θᾰλασσ-αῖος

thalassaios

dyed purple

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Where it lives

  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

= θαλάσσιος, δῖναι Simon. 57.4, cf. Pi. P. 2.50: θαλάσσειος, θεά Trag. or Com.Adesp. in PLit.Lond. 84.16; dub. in Orib. 14.62.1.

2 dyed purple

dyed purple, Tryph. 345.

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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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