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1 μίλτος
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `ruddle, red earth, red colour, cinnabar, vermillion, red-lead' (Hdt., com., Att. inscr.), also `rust' in plants = ἐρυσίβη (Paus. Gr.), as taboo-word for `blood' ( PMag.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. μιλτο-πάρῃος `with redpainted cheeks', of ships (Hom.), ἔμ-, σύμ-μιλτος `painted with red' (Dsc., Lebadea).Derivatives: μιλτάριον = `blood' ( PMag.), μιλτεῖον `vessel for storing μ.' (AP), μίλτ-ειος `of μ.' (AP), - ώδης 'μ.-coloured, rich in μ.' (Eub., com., Str.), - ίτης m. name of a red stone (Plin.; Redard 57), - όω `smear with μ.' (Hdt., Ar.). EN Μιλτεύς (Epid.VIa; or appellative), Μιλτ-ιάδης (after Στρεψι-άδης), Μιλτώ f. etc.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Technical foreign word (cf. Schwyzer 503). The usual connection with μέλας etc. (Prellwitz, Bq, WP. 2, 293) is phonetically as well as morphologically impossible, and "begrifflich wenig treffend". No doubt Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,237-238Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μίλτος
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