ἐλίμαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée connects this word to ἔλυμος (élumos, “millet”); however, this is unclear. Beekes prefers a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -αρ.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.lí.mar/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈli.mar/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈli.mar/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈli.mar/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈli.mar/

Noun

ἐλίμαρ • (elímar)

Hesychius gives the definition as: kind of grain similar to millet

Further reading

ἐλίμαρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλυμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
Hesychius' Lexicon: ε