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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Considered by Frisk a loan from Phrygian, likely not Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡluː.rós/ → /ɣluˈros/ → /ɣluˈros/
Noun
γλουρός • (glourós) m (genitive γλουροῦ); second declension
- gold
- Synonyms: χρυσός (khrusós), τάγχουρος (tánkhouros)
early 2nd century CE, Besantinus, “Βησαντίνου Βωμός”, in Greek Anthology, Book XV:Ἐς γὰρ βωμὸν ὁρῇς με μήτε γλούρου//πλίνθοις μήτ' Ἀλύβης βώλοις.- Es gàr bōmòn horêis me mḗte gloúrou//plínthois mḗt' Alúbēs bṓlois.
- look upon me as an altar, built not from bricks of gold nor from (silver) nuggets of Alybe
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