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θῠμελαία

thumelaia · ἡ

spurge-flax, Daphne Cnidium

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What it meant

θῠμελαία · thymelaia — LSJ

spurge-flax, Daphne Cnidium, flavoured with θυμελαία

spurge-flax, Daphne Cnidium, Dsc. 4.172, Plin. HN 13.114:—hence θυμελ-αΐτης [ῑ] οἶνος, ὁ, wine flavoured with θυμελαία, Dsc. 5.68.

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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