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goddess of corn

  • 1 goddess

    [gɔdis]
    noun
    boginja

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  • 2 Chicomecoatl (Aztec goddess of sustenance and, hence, of corn, one of the most ancient and important goddesses in the Valley of Mexico)

    Религия: Чикомекоатль

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Chicomecoatl (Aztec goddess of sustenance and, hence, of corn, one of the most ancient and important goddesses in the Valley of Mexico)

  • 3 dea

    f goddess
    * * *
    dea s.f. goddess (anche fig.): la dea Venere, the goddess Venus; la dea dell'amore, the goddess of love; la dea della guerra, the goddess of war; la dea delle messi, the goddess of corn; la dea della sapienza, the goddess of wisdom.
    * * *
    ['dɛa]
    sostantivo femminile goddess
    * * *
    dea
    /'dεa/
    sostantivo f.
    goddess.

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  • 4 aristiger

    ăristĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [aristagero], ear-bearing, an epithet of Ceres, as goddess of corn, Inscr. Orell. 1493.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aristiger

  • 5 Ceres

    Cĕrēs (cf. Verg. G. 1, 96; Ov. F. 4, 615; Mart. 3, 58, 6), ĕris ( gen. CERERVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 626, 225; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1364), f. [Sabini Cererem panem appellant, Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 7; prop. the goddess of creation (cf. Serv. l. l.), from the stem cer, Sanscr. kri, to make], the daughter of Saturn and Ops, Ov. F. 6, 285, sister of Jupiter and Pluto, mother of Proserpine, goddess of agriculture, esp. of the cultivation of corn, and of the growth of fruits in gen. (cf. Cerealis);

    represented as upon a chariot drawn by dragons, with a torch in her hand, and crowned with poppies or ears of corn,

    Ov. F. 4, 497; 4, 561; 3, 786; 4, 616; id. Am. 3, 10, 3; Tib. 1, 1, 15; 2, 1, 4; Verg. G. 1, 96; Hor. C. S. 30; cf. O. Müll. Archaeol. § 357 sq.: templum Desertae Cereris, deserted (because the temple was in a solitary, secluded place), Verg. A. 2, 714:

    Cereri nuptias facere,

    i. e. without wine, Plaut. Aul. 2, 6, 5; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 343.—From the names of places where she was worshipped, called Ceres Hennensis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107; Lact. 2, 4, 28:

    Catinensis, id. l. l.: Eleusina,

    id. 1, 21, 24:

    Milesia,

    id. 2, 7, 19; cf. Val. Max. 1, 1, ext. 5.—
    B.
    Ceres profunda or inferna, i. e. Proserpina, Stat. Th. 4, 460; 5, 156; cf.:

    sacerdos Cererum,

    Inscr. Orell. 6082.—
    II.
    Meton., food, bread, fruit, corn, grain, etc., Fest. s. v. cocus, p. 45; cf.:

    fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60; Verg. G. 1, 297; id. A. 1, 177; 1, 701; Hor. C. 3, 24, 13; id. Epod. 16, 43; Ov. M. 3, 437; 8, 292; 11, 112 al.—Prov.:

    sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Ceres

  • 6 Cerēs

        Cerēs eris, f    the daughter of Saturn, goddess of agriculture, V., H., O.: Deserta, secluded, V.— Meton., bread, fruit, corn, grain, food: fruges Cererem appellamus, C., T., V., H., O.
    * * *
    Ceres (goddess of grain/fruits); wheat; bread; food

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  • 7 अन्नम् _annam

    अन्नम् [अद्-क्त; अनित्यनेन, अन्-नन्; according to Yāska from अद्, अद्यते अत्ति च भूतानि; or from आ-नम्, आ आभि मुख्येन ह्येतन्नतं प्रह्वीभूतं भवति भोजनाय भूतानाम्]
    1 Food (in general); अद्यते$त्ति च भूतानि तस्मादन्नं तदुच्यते Tait. Up.; मदो$सृङ्मांसमज्जास्थि वदन्त्यन्नं मनीषिणः Ms.3.8.182; अहमन्नं भवान् भोक्ता H.1.51. I am your prey &c.; चराणामन्नमचराः Ms.5.29.
    -2 Food as representing the lowest form in which the Supreme Soul is manifested, being the coarsest and last of the 5 vestures (कोश) in which the soul is clothed and passes from body to body in the long process of metempsychosis - "the nutrimentitious vesture or visible body in the world of sense" (स्थूल- शरीर called अन्नमयकोश).
    -3 Boiled rice; अन्नेन व्यञ्जनम् P. II.1.34.
    -4 Corn (bread corn); ता (आपः) अन्नम- सृजन्त तस्माद्यत्र क्व च वर्षति तदेव भूयिष्ठमन्नं भवति Ch. Up. 6.2.4.; आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजाः Ms.3.76; कृत˚ 9.219;1.86,12.65.
    -5 Water.
    -6 Earth (पृथिव्या अन्नहेतुत्वादन्नशब्दवाच्यता).
    -7 N. of Viṣṇu.
    -न्नः The sun (स हि अन्नहेतुवृष्टिहेतुः).
    -Comp. -अकालः = अनाकाल q. v.
    -अत्तृ, -आदिन्, -आहारिन् eating food.
    -अद a. eating food.
    -2 having a good appetite (दीप्ताग्नि).
    (-दः) N. of Viṣṇu.
    -अद्यम् proper food, food in general; कुर्यादहरहः श्राद्धमन्नाद्येनोदकेन वा Ms.3.82,4.112, 11.144. अन्नाद्येन प्रजापतिः (तृप्तः) Mb.3.2.68.
    -आच्छा- दनम्, -वस्त्रम् food and clothing, food and raiment, the bare necessaries of life.
    -आयुः (अन्नायु) consisting of, living by, food; desirous of food (अन्नबन्धनः, अन्नजीवनः).
    -काम a. desirous of food; स इद्भोजो यो गृहवे ददात्यन्नकामाय Rv.1.117.3.
    -कालः hour of dinner; meal-time.
    -किट्टः = ˚मल q. v.
    -कूटः a large heap of boiled rice.
    -कोष्ठकः 1 a cupboard; granary.
    -2 Viṣṇu.
    -3 the sun.
    -गतिः f. the passage of food, gullet (cf. बहिः- स्रोतस्).
    -गन्धिः dysentery, diarrhoea.
    -ज, जात a. produced from food as the primitive substance.
    -जम् rice-gruel of three days.
    -जा f. a hickup.
    -जलम् food and water, bare subsistence.
    -तेजस् a. having the vigour caused by food.
    -द, -दातृ, -दायिन्, -प्रद a.
    1 giving food. वारिदस्तृप्तिमाप्नोति सुखमक्षय्यमन्नदः Ms.4.229.
    -2 epithet of Śiva.
    -दा N. of Durgā or Annapūrṇā.
    -दासः [अन्नेन पालितो दासः शाक. त.] a servant who works for food only, one who becomes a servant or slave by getting food only.
    -देवता the deity supposed to preside over articles of food.
    -दोषः 1 sin arising from eating prohibited food; Ms.5.4.
    -2 a defect in the food eaten; derangement of food or the humours of the body; आलस्यादन्नदोषाच्च मृत्युर्विप्राञ् जिघांसति Ms.5.4.
    -द्वेषः dislike of food, loss of appetite.
    -पतिः lord or possessor of food, epithet of Savitṛ, Agni, and Śiva. अन्नपते$न्नस्य नो देहि Tait. Saṁ.11.83;34.58.
    -पाकः cooking of food; digestion of food; (by the fire in the stomach).
    -पू a. purifying food, epithet of the Sun.
    -पूर्ण a. filled with, possessed of, food. (
    -र्णा) a form of Durgā (the goddess of plenty); ˚ईश्वरी N. of Durgā or a form of Bhairavī.
    -पेयम् = वाज- पेयम् q. v.
    -प्रलय a. being dissolved into food after death.
    -प्राशः, प्राशनम् the ceremony of giving a new-born child food to eat for the first time, one of the 16 Saṁs- kāras performed between the 5th and 8th month (usually in the sixth, Ms.2.34) with preliminary obla- tions to fire (Mar.उष्टावण); षष्ठे$न्नप्राशन मासि Ms.2.34; Y.1.12.
    -ब्रह्मन्, -आत्मन् m. Brahman as represented by food.
    -भक्त a. [अन्नार्थं भक्तः दासः] = अन्नदास q. v.
    -भुज् a. eating food, epithet of Śiva.
    -मय a. see below.
    -मलम् 1 excrement, faeces; P.VI.1.148 Sk.
    -2 spirituous liquor; सुरा वै मलमन्नानाम् Ms.11.93.
    -रक्षा precautions as to eating food.
    -रसः essence of food, chyle; food and drink, nutriment; नानाविधानन्नरसान् वन्यमूलफलाश्रयान् । तेभ्यो ददौ Rām.
    -वत् a. possessed of food; अन्नवान्त्सन् रफितायोपज- ग्मुषे Rv.1.117.2.
    -वस्त्रम् = ˚आच्छादनम् q. v.
    -विकारः. 1 transformation of food, assimilation.
    -2 disorder of the stomach caused by indigestion.
    -3 seminal discharge (of man); semen itself; cf. अन्नाद्रेतः संभवति.
    -विद् a. acquiring food; कार्षीवणा अन्नविदो न विद्यया Av.6.116.1.
    -व्यवहारः the law or custom relating to food; i. e. the custom of eating together or not with other persons.
    -शेषः leavings of food, offal.
    -संस्कारः consecration of food.
    -होमः a sacrifice (with 1 materials) connected with the Aśvamedha sacrifice.

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  • 8 εὐθηνία

    2 personified as a goddess, Abundance, Plenty, IG4.676 ([place name] Thyreatis), J. of P.11.144 ([place name] Anazarba), prob. in CIL10.1624 ([place name] Puteoli).
    3 generally, abundance,

    φρονήσεως Ph.1.618

    ;

    τῶν ἀναγκαίων Id.Fr. 109

     H.; v.l. in Arist.Rh. 1360b16, al.

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  • 9 Chicomecoatl

    Религия: Ксилонен, (Aztec goddess of sustenance and, hence, of corn, one of the most ancient and important goddesses in the Valley of Mexico) Чикомекоатль

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Chicomecoatl

  • 10 Чикомекоатль

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  • 11 अष्टादशन् _aṣṭādaśan

    अष्टादशन् a. [अष्ट च दश च] Eighteen; अगाहताष्टादशतां जिगीषया नवद्वयद्वीपपृथग्जश्रियाम् N.1.5.
    -Comp. -अङ्गः -ङ्गम् the eighteen parts of medical science.
    -उपचारः [कर्म. स. संज्ञात्वान्न द्विगुः] the eighteen modes of showing respect or worshipping; आसनं स्वागतं पाद्यमर्घ्यमाचमनीयकम् । स्नानं वस्त्रोपवीतं च भूषणानि च सर्वशः । गन्धपुष्पे तथा धूपदीपावन्नं च तर्पणम् । माल्यानुलेपनं चैव नमस्कारविसर्जने । अष्टादशोपचारैस्तु मन्त्री पूजां समाचरेत् Tantra.
    -उपपुराणम् a secondary or minor Purāṇa; अष्टान्युपपुराणानि मुनिभिः कथितानि तु । आद्यं सनत्कुमारोक्तं नारसिंहमतः परम् । तृतीयं नारदं प्रोक्तं कुमारेण तु भाषितम् । चतुर्थं शिवधर्माख्यं साक्षान्नन्दीशभाषितम् । दुर्वाससोक्तमाचर्यं नारदोक्तमतः परम् । कापिलं मानवं चैव तथैवोशनसेरितम् । ब्रह्माण्डं वारुणं चाथ कालिकाह्वयमेव च । माहेश्वरं तथा शाम्बं सौरं सर्वार्थसंचयम् । पराशरोक्तं प्रवरं तथा भागवतद्वयम् । इदमष्टादशं प्रोक्तं पुराणं कौर्मसंज्ञितम् । चतुर्धा संस्थितं पुण्यं संहितानां प्रभेदतः ॥ Hemādri.
    -तत्त्वानि Eighteen fundamental principles; महत्, अहंकार, मनस्, पञ्चतन्मात्रs; देशेन्द्रियाणि.
    -धान्यम् the 18 kinds of corn; यवगोधूमधान्यानि तिलाः कङ्गुकुलन्थकाः । माषा मुद्रा मसूराश्च निष्पावाः श्यामसर्षपाः ॥ गवेधुकाश्च नीवारा ओढक्यो$थ सतीनकाः । चणकाश्चीनकाश्चैव धान्यान्यष्टा- दशैव तु ॥.
    -पर्वाणि The eighteen पर्वs of Mahābhārata are आदि, सभा, वन, विराट्, उद्योग, भीष्म, द्रोण, कर्ण, शल्य, सौप्तिक, स्त्री, शान्ति, अनुशासन, अश्वमेध, आश्रमवासि, मौसल, महाप्रस्थानक, स्वर्गारोहण.
    -पुराणम् the eighteen Purāṇas - ब्राह्मं पद्मं वैष्णवं च शैवं भागवतं तथा । तथान्यन्नारदीयं च मार्कण्डेयं च सप्तमम् ॥ आग्नेयमष्टकं प्रोक्तं भविष्यन्नवमं तथा । दशमं ब्रह्मवैवर्तं लिङ्गमेकादशं तथा ॥ वाराहं द्वादशं प्रोक्तं स्कान्दं चात्र त्रयोदशम् । चतुदर्शं वामनं च कौर्मं पञ्चदशं तथा ॥ मत्स्यं च गारुडं चैव ब्रह्माण्डाष्टादशं तथा ॥.
    -भुजा an epithet of the goddess महालक्ष्मी.
    -मूलम् The roots of the eighteen plants (Mar. बेल, ऐरणी, टेंटू, शिवण, पहाडमूळ, पुनर्नवा, रानउडीद, चिकणा, एरंड, जीवक, ऋषभक, जीवंती, शतावरी, तिरकांडें, ऊस, दर्भ, कसई, साळी).
    -विद्या the eighteen kinds of learning or lores; अङ्गानि वेदाश्चत्वारो मीमांसा न्यायविस्तरः । धर्मशास्त्रं पुराणं च विद्या ह्येताश्चतुर्दश ॥ आयुर्वेदो धनुर्वेदो गान्धर्वश्चेति ते त्रयः । अर्थशास्त्रं चतुर्थं तु विद्या ह्यष्टादशैव तु ॥
    -विवादपदम् the eighteen subjects of litigation (causes of dispute); see Ms.8.4-7.
    -शिल्पशास्त्रोपदेशकाः Eighteen ancient writers on the scienee of Architecture; भृगुरत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च विश्वकर्मा मयस्तथा । नारदो नग्नजिच्चैव विशालाक्षः पुरन्दरः ॥ 1 ॥ ब्रह्मा कुमारो नन्दीशः शौनको गर्ग एव च । वासुदेवो$निरुद्धश्च तथा शुक्रबृहस्पती ॥ 2 ॥ अष्टादशैते विख्याताः शिल्पशास्त्रोपदेशकाः ॥ Matsya P.
    -स्मृतिकारिन् m. pl. the eighteen Smṛitikāras or law-givers of the Āryas; विष्णुः पराशरो दक्षः संवर्तव्यासहारिताः । शातातपो वसिष्ठश्च यमापस्तम्बगौतमाः । देवलः शङ्खलिखितौ भरद्वाजोशनो$त्रयः । शौनको याज्ञवल्क्यश्च दशाष्टौ स्मृतिकारिणः ॥

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  • 12 शारद _śārada

    शारद a. [शरदि भवम् अण्]
    1 Belonging to autumn, autumnal; (the f. is शारदी in this sense); विमलशारद- चन्दिरचन्द्रिका Bv.1.113; R.1.9; Ms.6.11; मेघः शारद एव काशधवलः पानीयरिक्तोदरः Subhāṣ.
    -2 Annual.
    -3 New, recent; P.VI.2.9.
    -4 Young, fresh.
    -5 Modest, shy, bashful.
    -6 Diffident, not bold.
    -7 Able, clever; शिखीब शारदः N.9.14.
    -दः 1 A year.
    -2 An autumnal sickness.
    -3 Autumnal sunshine.
    -4 A kind of kidney- bean.
    -5 The Bakula tree.
    -दी 1 The full-moon day in the month of Āśvina (or Kārtika).
    -2 Alstonia Scholaris (Mar. सातवीण).
    -दम् 1 Corn, grain.
    -2 The white lotus.
    -दा 1 A kind of Vīṇā or lute.
    -2 N. of Durgā.
    -3 Of Sarasvatī; (शरत्काले पूरा यस्मान्नवम्यां बोधिता सुरैः । शारदा सा समाख्याता पीठे लोके च नामतः ॥; लिखति यदि गृहीत्वा (लेखनीं) शारदा सार्वकालम् Śiva mahimna 32. ˚अम्बा (शारदाम्बा) the goddess Sarasvatī.

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  • 13 korn-gyðja

    u, f. the corn-goddess = Ceres, Stj. 83.

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  • 14 annona

    annōna, ae, f. [from annus, as pomona from pomum].
    I.
    In gen., the yearly produce, the annual income of natural products, in the widest sense (cf.:

    cibaria annua,

    Cato, R. R. 60):

    vectigal novum ex salariā annonā,

    Liv. 29, 37:

    lactis,

    Col. 8, 17, 13:

    musti,

    id. 3, 21, 6; 3, 3, 10.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Means of subsistence, and, for the most part, corn or grain:

    annona nisi in calamitate pretium non habet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98:

    vilitas annonae ex summā inopiā et caritate rei frumentariae consecuta est,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    uberrimus ager ad varietates annonae horreum populi Romani fore videbatur,

    Liv. 7, 31:

    clausis annonae subsidiis,

    Tac. H. 3, 48 fin.:

    provincia annonae fecunda,

    id. ib. 1, 11; cf. Suet. Aug. 18:

    annonae curam agere,

    id. Claud. 18; cf. id. Tib. 8:

    praebebant annonam regi,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 4, 7; ib. 4 Reg. 25, 30; ib. Dan. 1, 5 al.—Sometimes contrasted with frumentum, as provisions in gen.: copia frumenti et annona tolerabilis rerum aliarum, a supply, Liv 35, 44.—
    B.
    1.. Meton., the price of grain or other food:

    quom cara annona sit,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 1, 3, 25; Ter. And. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Div. 2, 27 fin.:

    annona est gravis,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 53; so Suet. Aug. 25:

    incendere annonam,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16:

    jam ad denarios quinquaginta in singulos modios annona pervenerat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 52:

    nihil mutavit annona,

    Liv. 5, 12 (cf. id. 2, 34:

    annona vetus): annona acris,

    Tac. A. 4, 6:

    gravitas annonae,

    id. ib. 6, 13:

    in annonae difficultatibus,

    Suet. Aug. 41:

    annona macelli,

    id. Tib. 34.—
    2.
    Trop., the prices, the market:

    Qui homines probi essent, esset īs annona vilior,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 140:

    Vilis amicorum est annona, bonis ubi quid deest,

    cheap indeed is the market of friendship, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24:

    his opibus numquam cara est annona veneni,

    Juv. 9, 100.—Hence sometimes,
    C.
    Dearness: cena hac annonā est sine sacris hereditas, at the present (i. e. high) market-price, at the present dear rate, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 83:

    ob annonae causam,

    Cic. Dom. 5.—
    D.
    In milit. lang., provisions, supplies:

    necessitas annonam pariter et arma portandi,

    Veg. Mil. 1, 19:

    annona decem et septem dierum,

    Amm. 17, 9.—Hence, meton., the loaves of bread them selves, rations (in this sense only in the plur.): ceteri annonas binas aut ternas accipiebant, [p. 126] Lampr. Alex. Sev. 42; cf. Cod. Th. 7,5.—
    E.
    Personified, the goddess of the yearly produce:

    ANNONAE SANCTAE AELIVS VITALIO, etc.,

    Inscr. Orell. 1810.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > annona

  • 15 Hostilina

    Hostĭlīna, ae, f. [hostio = aequo], a goddess that promotes the growth of corn in equal ears, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 8.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Hostilina

  • 16 Lacturcia

    Lacturcĭa, ae, f. [lac], a goddess who presided over the corn swelling with milk, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8 (al. deum Lacturnum); cf. 2. Lactans.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Lacturcia

  • 17 Tutelina

    Tūtēlīna or Tūtīlīna, ae, f. [id.], a guardian deity, tutelar goddess.
    I.
    Of Rome, Varr. L. L. 5, § 163 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 247, 29.—
    II.
    Of corn, Tert. Spect. 8; Macr. S. 1, 16; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8; cf. Plin. 18, 1, 3, § 8; v. Tutanus.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Tutelina

  • 18 Tutilina

    Tūtēlīna or Tūtīlīna, ae, f. [id.], a guardian deity, tutelar goddess.
    I.
    Of Rome, Varr. L. L. 5, § 163 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 247, 29.—
    II.
    Of corn, Tert. Spect. 8; Macr. S. 1, 16; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8; cf. Plin. 18, 1, 3, § 8; v. Tutanus.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Tutilina

  • 19 Volutina

    Vŏlūtīna, ae, f. [id.], the goddess who presides over the husks of corn-ears, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8 med.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Volutina

  • 20 ἴουλος

    Grammatical information: m.
    Meaning: `down, first growth of the beard etc.; corn-sheaf; catkin'; also name of a worm like the centipede (λ 319, A. Th. 534, Arist., Thphr.).
    Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in ἰουλό-πεζος "with feet like an ἴουλος", of a ship, i. e. `with many rowers' (Lyk. 23).
    Derivatives: ἰουλίς f. fish-name `Coris iulis' (Arist.), after the resemblance with a centipede (Strömberg Fischnamen 125; also Thompson Fishes s. v.), also called ἴουλος (Eratosth.); Ίουλώ f. "goddess of cornscheaf" = Demeter (Semus 19), from there back-formed ἴουλος `song for Demeter' (ibid., Eratosth.; wrong Mann Lang. 28, 38), also καλλίουλος (for καλλι-ίουλος, Semus); ἰουλώδης `like a centipede' (Arist.); denomin. verb ἰουλίζω `get down' (Tryph.).
    Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1140] * uel- `turn, wind'
    Etymology: From *Ϝί-Ϝολνος through reduplication (cf. ἴονθος), to οὖλος `woolly, fuzzy' (s. v.) and 2. εἰλέω (\< *Ϝελνέω) `turn, wind'.
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    Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἴουλος

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