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|elnltext=κίσηρις -εως, ἡ, ook κίσηλις en κίσσηρις, puimsteen.
|elnltext=κίσηρις -εως, ἡ, ook κίσηλις en κίσσηρις, puimsteen.
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|etymtx=-εως</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">pumice-stone</b> (Ar., Arist., Thphr.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">κίσηλις</b> (pap., Luc.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κισήριον</b> (EM), <b class="b3">κισηρο-ειδής</b> and <b class="b3">κισηρώδης</b> <b class="b2">like p.</b> (Diog. Apoll., hell.); <b class="b3">κισηρόομαι</b> <b class="b2">be changed into p.</b> (Thphr.), <b class="b3">-ρίζω</b> <b class="b2">make smooth with p.</b> (Nic. Dam.)<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Unexplained foreign word; on the matter cf. Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 146. Fur. 117 compares <b class="b3">γίσσα</b> and Caucasian (and Basque) forms. No doubt Pre-Greek.
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