- ἤλεκτρον
- ἤλεκτρον, τό, and [full] ἤλεκτρος, ὁ or ἡ (gender indeterminate in Hom., Hes., and Pl., neut. in Hdt.3.115, Thphr.HP9.18.2, Ti.Locr.102a, masc. in S.Ant.1038 codd., Eust.ad D.P.293, fem. in Ar.Eq.532, Alex. Aphr.Pr.Praef.),A amber (cf. Ἠλεκτρίδες) , [ὅρμος] μετὰ . . ἠλέκτροισιν (i.e. pieces of amber)
ἔερτο Od.15.460
, cf. 18.296, Hdt.3.115, Pl.Ti. 80c, Phld.Sign.1, D.L.1.24, etc.;ἠλέκτρου λιβάδες A.R.4.606
.II an alloy of gold and silver,χρυσοῦ τ' ἠλέκτρου τε καὶ ἀργύρου ἠδ' ἐλέφαντος Od.4.73
, cf. Hes.Sc.142, Hom.Epigr.15.10, Pytheas ap.Ath. 11.465d; τἀπὸ Σάρδεων ἤ. S.Ant.1038 (cj.): in pl., of the pegs of a lyre,ἐκπιπτουσῶν τῶν ἠλέκτρων Ar.Eq.532
. (The two senses are difficult to distinguish in early Poetry; cf. Paus.5.12.7, Plin.HN33.80, 37.31. The word is connected with ἠλέκτωρ.)
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