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|Full diacritics=μέταξα
|Medium diacritics=μέταξα
|Low diacritics=μέταξα
|Capitals=ΜΕΤΑΞΑ
|Transliteration A=métaxa
|Transliteration B=metaxa
|Transliteration C=metaksa
|Beta Code=me/taca
|Definition=ης, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">raw silk</b>, <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Arc.</span>25</span>, Lyd.<span class="title">Mag.</span>2.4, etc. (The etym. is unknown: an earlier Latin form <b class="b2">mataxa</b> in Lucil.1192, Vitr. 7.3.2 in the sense of 'floss', 'tow'.)</span>
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