Ἁλώνητον
salt-bought
Translated by Jennifer Benedict1 Jun 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that which is purchased by salt.
Equivalent to barbarous. Also [there is] a proverb: 'a salt-bought slave'. In reference to those worthy of no account; inasmuch as merchants conveying salt inland used to take servants in exchange for this.1
Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative]a(lw/nhtos , likewise [meaning] barbarous. For the Thracians used to exchange slaves for salt.2
Equivalent to barbarous. Also [there is] a proverb: 'a salt-bought slave'. In reference to those worthy of no account; inasmuch as merchants conveying salt inland used to take servants in exchange for this.1
Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative]