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|etymtx=1<br />Grammatical information: n. pl.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">pits, into which one threw living pigs at the Thesmophoria</b> (Paus.);<br />Other forms: (<b class="b3">μάγ-</b> Men.)<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.X<br />Etymology: prob. from Semitic, cf. Hebr. [[me]][[ārā]] [[cavity]]; s. Lewy Fremdw. 94, but he prefers identifying the word with <b class="b3">μέγαρον</b> [[hall]]. | |etymtx=1<br />Grammatical information: n. pl.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">pits, into which one threw living pigs at the Thesmophoria</b> (Paus.);<br />Other forms: (<b class="b3">μάγ-</b> Men.)<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.X<br />Etymology: prob. from Semitic, cf. Hebr. [[me]][[ārā]] [[cavity]]; s. Lewy Fremdw. 94, but he prefers identifying the word with <b class="b3">μέγαρον</b> [[hall]]. | ||
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|ftr='''μέγαρα''': 1.<br />{mégara}<br />'''Forms''': (μάγαρα Men.)<br />'''Grammar''': n. pl.<br />'''Meaning''': [[Gruben]], [[in die man an den Thesmophorien lebende Schweine warf]] (Paus. u.a.);<br />'''Etymology''' : wohl aus dem Semitischen, vgl. hebr. ''me''’''ārā'' [[Höhle]]; s. die Lit. bei Lewy Fremdw. 94, der indessen eher das Wort mit [[μέγαρον]] [[Gemach]] identifizieren will.<br />'''Page''' 2,189 | |||
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Revision as of 15:25, 2 October 2019
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Grammatical information: n. pl.
Meaning: pits, into which one threw living pigs at the Thesmophoria (Paus.);
Other forms: (μάγ- Men.)
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.X
Etymology: prob. from Semitic, cf. Hebr. meārā cavity; s. Lewy Fremdw. 94, but he prefers identifying the word with μέγαρον hall.
Frisk Etymology German
μέγαρα: 1.
{mégara}
Forms: (μάγαρα Men.)
Grammar: n. pl.
Meaning: Gruben, in die man an den Thesmophorien lebende Schweine warf (Paus. u.a.);
Etymology : wohl aus dem Semitischen, vgl. hebr. me’ārā Höhle; s. die Lit. bei Lewy Fremdw. 94, der indessen eher das Wort mit μέγαρον Gemach identifizieren will.
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