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Headword:
*gh/reion
Adler number: gamma,248
Translated headword: Gereion
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A place [of that name].[1]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Gereian year', [meaning] long ago.[2]
Greek Original:*gh/reion: to/pos. kai\ *gh/reion e)/tos, to\ palaio/n.
Notes:
[1] Presumably the Indian city that
Stephanus of
Byzantium calls Gereia (s.v. Gazos and s.v. Gereia).
[2] Unintelligible, whether or not there is a connection with the noun
gh/reion, 'thistledown'.
Keywords: botany; definition; geography
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 30 July 2002@12:00:37.
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