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οὐλαί

οὐλαί, barley-corns, barley-groats

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οὐλῇσι Noun: feminine dative plural of οὐλαί

οὐλῇσι Verb: present active subjunctive 3rd singular of οὐλέω

οὐλῇσι Noun: feminine dative plural of οὐλή

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οὐλαί, Att. ὀλαί, αἱ,
  • barley-corns, barley-groats, which were sprinkled on the head of the victim before the sacrifice (cf. Sch. Ar. Eq. 1164), Od. 3.441, cf. Hdt. 1.132, Ar. Eq. 1167, Pax 948, 960, Thphr. Char. 10.13 (ὀλ-, v.l. οὐλ-), SIG 1024.18 (Myconos, iii/ii B. C.); οὐλαὶ κριθῶν Hdt. 1.160. (The variation οὐλαί: ὀλαί points to orig. *ὀλϝαί, cf. ὀλβάχνιον: the Arc. form ὀλοαί IG 5(2).514.15 (Lycosura, ii B. C.) prob. comes from a bye-form *ὀλοϝαί. Perh. cogn. with ἀλέω (A), ἔλυμος III, ὄλυρα.)

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