μορέα

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From μόρον (móron, black mulberry) +‎ -έᾱ (-éā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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μορέᾱ (moréāf (genitive μορέᾱς); first declension

  1. mulberry tree
    • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Alexipharmaca 69–71:
      ἄλλοτε καὶ μορέης ἀπὸ ῥίζεα φοινηέσσης
      ὅλμου ἐνὶ στύπεϊ προβαλὼν καὶ ὁμήρεα κόψας
      οἴνῳ, ἐνεψηθέντα πόροις καμάτοισι μελίσσης[.]
      állote kaì moréēs apò rhízea phoinēéssēs
      hólmou enì stúpeï probalṑn kaì homḗrea kópsas
      oínōi, enepsēthénta pórois kamátoisi melíssēs[.]
      And at other times, the roots of the blood-red mulberry-tree,
      having thrown them into the hollow of a mortar and having ground them up mingled
      with wine, you should offer boiled in the labours of the bee.

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