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ἤλεκτρον
ἤλεκτρον -ου [bor., Eng. electricity], luster; adopted as the name of amber, and of electrum, a compound of gold and silver, used in coining; it is probably to the latter that the color of the dates mentioned in 117, 9, is compared.

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ἤλεκτρον
Headword (normalized):
ἤλεκτρον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ηλεκτρον
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ἤλεκτρον -ου [bor., Eng. electricity], luster; adopted as the name of amber, and of electrum, a compound of gold and silver, used in coining; it is probably to the latter that the color of the dates mentioned in 117, 9, is compared.
IDX:
1077
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-1079
Key:
h)/lektrov

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