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Ancient Macedonian
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Ancient Greek δράμιξ (drámix).
Noun
δράμις (drámis)
- (hapax) a type of bread
250 CE – 350 CE,
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophistae 3.114b:
- Σέλευκος μὲν δράμιν ὑπὸ Μακεδόνων οὕτως καλούμενον, δάρατον δ’ ὑπὸ Θεσσαλῶν.
- Séleukos mèn drámin hupò Makedónōn hoútōs kaloúmenon, dáraton d’ hupò Thessalôn.
- According to Seleucus, it is called "drámis" by the Macedonians, and "dáratos" by the Thessalians.
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