ἄχυρον

• ἀχυρός (akhurós)

According to Beekes: from Pre-Greek and related to ἄχωρ (ákhōr, “scurf”) (particularly, identical to the form ἄχορα (ákhora)) and to ἄχνη (ákhnē, “foam, froth”). Note the Pre-Greek suffix *-ur-, similar to that in the synonym πίτῡρον (pítūron). The traditional connection to ἀκοστή (akostḗ, “barley”), Latin acus (“bran, awn”), etc., from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-, must be rejected.

ἄχῠρον • (ákhuron) n (genitive ἀχῠ́ρου); second declension

1. (in the plural) chaff, bran, husks left after threshing or grinding

   Synonym: πίτυρον (píturon)

2. (in the plural) slag from gold smelting

• “ἄχυρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄχυρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄχυρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄχυρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)