κ2424Κρίμνον
barley-meal, barley-corn
[Spelled] with iota [this is a term for] barley. Homer says kri with apocope: "[the horses] stand feeding on white barley." Also [sc. attested is the adjective] polukrimnos, [meaning] abounding in barley. And in the…
Κρίμνον· διὰ τοῦ ι ἡ κριθή. παρ' Ὁμήρῳ κατὰ ἀποκοπὴν λέγεται κρῖ· ἑστᾶσι κρῖ λευκὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι. καὶ Πολύκριμνος, ἡ πολύκριθος. καὶ ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· αὐτάρκης ὁ πρέσβυς ἔχων ἅλα καὶ…
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