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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">purple-colour?</b> (PHolm. 8, 43[written <b class="b3">κριμμον</b>, acc.], Ps.-Democr. Alch. p. 42B. [cod. <b class="b3">κρημνός</b>]); <b class="b3">κριμνούς λευκάς τινας βοτάνας</b> H.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] orient.X<br />Etymology: From Arab. [[qermez]] [[scarlet]]; see Suz. Amigues, RPh. LXXIV (2000) 272 [very complcated].
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|ftr='''κριμνός''': {krimnós}<br />'''Grammar''': m.<br />'''Meaning''': ‘Purpurfarbe?’ (''PHolm''. 8, 43[geschr. κριμμον,Akk.], Ps.-Demokr. Alch. p. 42B. [cod. [[κρημνός]]); κριμνούς· [[λευκάς]] τινας βοτάνας H.<br />'''Etymology''' : Aus arab. ''qirmiz'' [[Scharlach]] ?<br />'''Page''' 2,20
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