καὶ ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀχύρων χνοῦς

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: heap of meal, flour, abundance', after H. = τὸ ἐπίμετρον τῶν ἀλεύρων. ἐπιγέννημα ἀλετρίδος. καὶ ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀχύρων χνοῦς. καὶ περιουσία.

Derivatives: ἱμαλίς, - ίδος f. `yield (of meal) etc.', after H. = νόστος, δύναμις, ἐπικαρπία, ἡδονή, ἀπαρχη τῶν γινομένων; thus Trypho ap. Ath. 14, 618d (Dorian word); also `song of the mill, ἐπιμύλιος ᾠδή' (H., Poll.) and as surname of Demeter in Syracuse (Polem. Hist. 39). - Adj. ἱμάλιος, after H. = πολύς, ἱκανός, νόστιμος etc., also as month-name in Hierapytna ( GDI 5040, 4).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Popular terms of agriculture, that occur rarely in the literature. With ἱμαλιά cf. first ἁρμαλιά `distributed food, portion', ἀχυρμιά `heap of chaff', φυταλιά `plants in the garden' a. o.; ἱμαλίς is recalled by τροφαλίς `fresh cheese', μολυβδίς `clump of lead' (Chantr. Form. 342ff.). The basis will have been a primary μαλ-deriv. (`to sieve, sieved meal') (see μάλευρον) from a verb `sieve', s. ἠθέω with further connections; cf. also the lit. on ἁρμαλιά. - On Lat. simila `finest flour of wheat' s. σεμίδαλις.

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