μέταλλον
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.
Headword (normalized):
μέταλλον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μεταλλον
Intro Text:
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.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n20899
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