ἐλίμαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée connects this word to ἔλυμος (élumos, “millet”); however, this is unclear. Beekes prefers a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -αρ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.lí.mar/ → /eˈli.mar/ → /eˈli.mar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lí.mar/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈli.mar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈli.mar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈli.mar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈli.mar/

Noun

ἐλίμαρ • (elímar)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: kind of grain similar to millet

Further reading

• ἐλίμαρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλυμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ε