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Headword:
*xlwro/s
Adler number: chi,358
Translated headword: pale-green, yellow-green
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [The words] xloero/s and xlwro/s ["pale green"] [are derived] from xolh/ ["bile"], and from this the [word] w)xro/s ["sallow"] [also comes]. And [sc. also attested is] xlwro/ths ["greenness"].
Greek Original:*xlwro/s: a)po\ tou= xolh\ xloero\s kai\ xlwro/s, a)po\ tou/tou de\ to\ w)xro/s. kai\ xlwro/ths.
Note:
See already
chi 346, and cf.
Etymologicum Magnum 813.1; also
chi 357. The etymology proposed is probably close to correct for all but
w)xro/s, which probably derives from
w)/xra ("ochre"). The word for "bile" (
xolh/) probably first referred to the colour "yellow" from PIE *
ghelswos, cf. Latin
helvus, German
gelb.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 31 March 2008@02:13:57.
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