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οὐλαί

οὐλαί, barley-corns, barley-groats

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οὐλῶν Noun: feminine genitive plural of οὐλαί

οὐλῶν Verb: present active participle masculine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative singular of οὐλέω

οὐλῶν Noun: feminine genitive 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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