Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Considered by Frisk a loan from Phrygian, likely not Pre-Greek.

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Noun

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γλουρός (glourósm (genitive γλουροῦ); second declension

  1. gold
    Synonyms: χρυσός (khrusós), τάγχουρος (tánkhouros)
    • early 2nd century CE, Besantinus, “Βησαντίνου Βωμός”, in Greek Anthology, Book XV[1]:
      Ἐς γὰρ βωμὸν ὁρῇς με μήτε γλούρου//πλίνθοις μήτ' Ἀλύβης βώλοις.
      Es gàr bōmòn horêis me mḗte gloúrou//plínthois mḗt' Alúbēs bṓlois.
      look upon me as an altar, built not from bricks of gold nor from (silver) nuggets of Alybe

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