ἄχυρον

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Beekes: from Pre-Greek and related to ἄχωρ (ákhōr, scurf) (particularly, identical to the form ἄχορα (ákhora)) and to ἄχνη (ákhnē, foam, froth).[1] Note the Pre-Greek suffix *-ur-, similar to that in the synonym πίτῡρον (pítūron).[2] The traditional connection to ἀκοστή (akostḗ, barley), Latin acus (bran, awn), etc., from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-, must be rejected.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ἄχῠρον (ákhuronn (genitive ἀχῠ́ρου); second declension

  1. (in the plural) chaff, bran, husks left after threshing or grinding
    Synonym: πίτυρον (píturon)
  2. (in the plural) slag from gold smelting

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄχυρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 185–186
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 8

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