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1 μεδιμναῖος
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2 μέδιμνος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: corn-measure, "bushel", = 48 χοίνικες, i.e. in Athens about 52 1\/2 liter (IA.; s. Solmsen Wortforsch. 41 f., 67);Compounds: As 2. member e.g. in ἡμέδιμνον (haplol. for ἡμι-μ.) n. (prop. subst. adj.), also - ος m. (determinative-comp.) `half-bushel' (cf. Risch IF 59, 51 f.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formally μέδιμνος agrees with μέριμνα, λίμνη, στάμνος a. o. (Schwyzer 524); so enlarged from a μεν-stem? Lat. modius "bushel" gives a tempting comparandum with further connection with the Germ. word for `measure', e.g. Goth. mitan, OE metan, IE * med- (to which also μέδομαι, -ω; s.v.). Unclear however is the ι; on it Solmsen l.c. and Thurneysen IF 39, 189ff. (Schwyzer 352). To be rejected Winter Lang. 26, 532 (from *μεδι-μδ-). Because of the not few LW [loanword] in - μν- Chantraine Form. 216 considers Mediterranean origin; thus Fur. 246 n. 71.Page in Frisk: 2,190-191Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > μέδιμνος
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πλεθριαίος — α, ο / πλεθριαῑος, αία, ον, ΝΑ αυτός που έχει μήκος ενός πλέθρου («γέφυρα πλεθριαία τὸ πλάτος», Πλάτ.). [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πλέθρον + κατάλ. ιαῖος (πρβλ. μεδιμν ιαίος)] … Dictionary of Greek
