ἔλυμος

Unknown. A connection with ὄλυρα (ólura, “spelt”) and οὐλαί (oulaí, “barley groats”) is unsure. Furnée prefers connecting the noun with ἐλίμαρ (elímar, “grain similar to millet”); however, this is very unclear. Beekes suggest a possible Pre-Greek origin.

ἔλῠμος • (élumos) m (genitive ἐλῠ́μου); second declension

1. millet (Setaria italica)

   Synonym: μελῐ́νη (melínē)

• → Translingual: Elymus

Unknown. There appears no reason for connection with εἰλύω (eilúō).

ἔλῠμος • (élumos) m (genitive ἐλῠ́μου); second declension

1. kind of Phrygian pipe made of boxwood

• “ἔλυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔλυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔλυμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλυμος 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλυμος 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416