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ἤλεκτρονēlektron
molten bronze
Dictionary
electron , a word sometimes used to denote amber , as probably in (Homer) and (Herdotus Historicus);—;sometimes pale gold , a compound of 1 part of silver to 4 of gold, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.—;In (Aristophanes Comicus) ἐκπιπτουσῶν τῶν ἠλέκτρων, the ἤλεκτροι are probably the pegs of the lyre made of or inlaid with electron.
derivation uncertain (ML)
derivation uncertain (ML)
Abbott-Smith
Liddell–Scott–Jones
ἤλεκτρον, τό, and ἤλεκτρος, ὁ or ἡ (gender indeterminate in Hom., Hes., and Pl., neut. in Hdt. 3.115, Thphr. HP 9.18.2, Ti.Locr. 102a, masc. in S. Ant. 1038 codd., Eust.ad D.P. 293, fem. in Ar. Eq. 532, Alex. Aphr.Pr.Praef.),
A amber (cf. Ἠλεκτρίδες), [ὅρμος] μετὰ.. ἠλέκτροισιν (i.e. pieces of amber) ἔερτο Od. 15.460, cf. 18.296, Hdt. 3.115, Pl. Ti. 80c, Phld. Sign. 1, D.L. 1.24, etc.; ἠλέκτρου λιβάδες A.R. 4.606.
II an alloy of gold and silver, χρυσοῦ τ’ ἠλέκτρου τε καὶ ἀργύρου ἠδ’ ἐλέφαντος Od. 4.73, cf. Hes. Sc. 142, Hom. Epigr. 15.10, Pytheas ap. Ath. 11.465d; τἀπὸ Σάρδεων ἤ. S. Ant. 1038 (cj.): in pl., of the pegs of a lyre, ἐκπιπτουσῶν τῶν ἠλέκτρων Ar. Eq. 532. (The two senses are difficult to distinguish in early Poetry; cf. Paus. 5.12.7, Plin. HN 33.80, 37.31. The word is connected with ἠλέκτωρ.)
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