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κρίθινος, made of or from barley

κρῑθ-ῐνος, η, ον,
  • made of or from barley, κόλλιξ, ἄρτος, Hippon. 35, Luc. Macr. 5; ἄχυρον, ἄλευρον, Thphr. HP 8.4.1, PEleph. 5.25 (iii B. C.), Plu. Pyth. 2.397a; τὸ κ. ποτόν Hp. Acut. 64; κ. ὕδωρ ib.(Sp.) 30; κ. οἶνος beer, Plb. 34.9.15; πόμα Plu. Amat. 2.752b: metaph., κ. Δημοσθένης, ‘gingerbread Demosthenes’, nickname of Dinarchus, Hermog. Id. 2.11.

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