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ζωρός

zoros

pure, sheer

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Where it lives

  • Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
  • Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
  • Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

pure, sheer, more pure, hard, of sheer wine, of wine

pure, sheer, prop. of wine without water, like ἄκρᾱτος, ζ. μέθυ A.R. 1.477; πόμα AP 12.50 (Asclep.); πότος Hippoloch. ap. Ath. 4.129d: abs., ζωρός (sc. οἶνος) AP 6.105 (Apollonid.), etc.: Comp., ζωρότερον δὲ κέραιε mix the wine more pure, i.e. add less water, Il. 9.203, cf. Arist. Po. 1461a14; κεράσας ζωρότερον Ὁμηρικῶς Ephipp. 10; so later -ότερον πίνειν Hdt. 6.84; and in the sense drink hard, ζ. πιεῖν Thphr. Char. 4.6, cf. Ael. VH 13.4, Luc. Tim. 54, etc.; πίνειν-οτέρῳ χρώμενον οἰνοχόῳ Antiph.

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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. ζωρός (scan p. 552; entry #2409).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ζωρός (scan p. 416; entry #2944).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ζωρός (scan p. 650; entry #2288).

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