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Headword: Halôrêtai
Adler number: alpha,1394
Translated headword: salt-watchers
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] those guarding the salt-lumps.
Greek Original:
Halôrêtai: hoi tas halôs phulassontes.
Note:
The headword, nominative plural, is attested only here and, more fully, in entries in the Etymologicum Genuinum (alpha566) and the Etymologicum Magnum (74.28-30), where it is said to be Lycian.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; geography
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 30 May 2000@11:12:12.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords) on 2 July 2002@04:41:43.
David Whitehead (expanded note and keywords) on 10 February 2012@06:08:18.
David Whitehead on 13 June 2015@08:47:12.

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