μάρμαρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, a <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[crystalline]] [[rock]], which [[sparkle]]s (μαρμαίρει) in the light, μάρμαρος ὀκριόεις <span class="bibl">Il.12.380</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.499</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>663</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ach.</span>1172</span> (lyr.): as Adj., [[πέτρος]] μ. ὀκριόεις <span class="bibl">Il.16.735</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1401</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> later, [[marble]], μάρμαρον ἢ λίθον λευκήν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.185</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>9</span>: also fem., μαρμάρου… τῆς Πεντελικῆς μέταλλα <span class="bibl">Str. 9.1.23</span>; μ. λίθος <span class="bibl">Id.14.1.35</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[work]] in [[marble]], i.e. [[tombstone]], τυκτὴ μ. <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.211</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[chip]]s made by [[cut]]ting [[marble]] (masc.), Plu.2.660c, 954a, Dsc.5.79.</span>