ἄλειαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἄλεαρ n (álear) (Homeric)

Etymology

Related ἀλέω (aléō, to grind), with the alternative form ἄλεαρ (álear) from earlier ἄλεϝαρ (álewar) showing the connection to Proto-Indo-European *h₂leh₁wr̥, whence also Old Armenian ալիւր (aliwr, flour).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄλειαρ • (áleiar) n (genitive ἀλείατος); third declension (chiefly in the plural)

  1. wheat-groats, coarse wheaten flour, wheatmeal
    Synonym: ἄλευρον (áleuron)
    • c. 8th century BCE, Homer, “Rhapsody υ”, in Odyssey, 107-8:
      δώδεκα πᾶσαι ἐπεῤῥώοντο γυναῖκες ἄλφιτα τεύχουσαι καὶ ἀλείατα, μυελὸν ἀνδρῶν
      dṓdeka pâsai eperrhṓonto gunaîkes álphita teúkhousai kaì aleíata, muelòn andrôn
      twelve maidens, day by day, toiled grinding barleymeal and wheatmeal, the marrow of man

Usage notes

Particularly differentiated from ἄλφιτα (álphita, barley flour, barleymeal) (see Odyssey quote).

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