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μέταλλον μέταλλον, ου, τό, a mine or quarry, ἁλὸς μέταλλον a salt- pit, salt- mine, Hdt.; χρύσεα καὶ ἀργύρεα μέταλλα gold and silver mines, Hdt.; μέταλλα (alone) silver mines, Xen.; μαρμάρου μ. marble quarries, Strab. the sense of metal, Lat. metallum, does not occur in classical Greek. Prob., like μεταλλάω, from μετʼ ἄλλα, a search for other things.

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a mine

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Headword:

μέταλλον

Headword (normalized):

μέταλλον

Headword (normalized/stripped):

μεταλλον

IDX:

20878

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n20899

Key:

me/tallon

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