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οὐλαί

οὐλαί, barley-corns, barley-groats

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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