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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">sacred grove</b> (Il.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀλσίνη</b> a plant, (Dsc.); André, Noms de plantes; cf. CEG 6.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The name of the temple-area in Olympia, <b class="b3">Ἄλτις</b> f., would be identical with <b class="b3">ἄλσος</b>, Paus. 5, 10, 1; on this basis one reconstructs <b class="b3">*ἄλτι̯ος</b> for <b class="b3">ἄλσος</b>. Fur. 249, 253 accepts the equation, but interprets it in the context of other instances of dental\/sibilant in substr. words (<b class="b3">ἄννηθον</b>\/ <b class="b3">ἄνησον</b>). S. [[ἄλμα]].
|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">sacred grove</b> (Il.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀλσίνη</b> a plant, (Dsc.); André, Noms de plantes; cf. CEG 6.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The name of the temple-area in Olympia, <b class="b3">Ἄλτις</b> f., would be identical with <b class="b3">ἄλσος</b>, Paus. 5, 10, 1; on this basis one reconstructs <b class="b3">*ἄλτι̯ος</b> for <b class="b3">ἄλσος</b>. Fur. 249, 253 accepts the equation, but interprets it in the context of other instances of dental\/sibilant in substr. words (<b class="b3">ἄννηθον</b>\/ <b class="b3">ἄνησον</b>). S. [[ἄλμα]].
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|mdlsjtxt=[deriv. uncertain].]<br />a [[glade]] or [[grove]], Lat. [[saltus]], Hom.; [[grove]], Od., Hdt., etc.
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