Reflections on a Cretan Gloss Denoting a Salt Source

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Hesychius’ Cretan ἀλλάθαρον = salty, a compound of ἅλς and what seems to correspond to Hittite uattaru- “well/spring/source,” suggests that the word originally denoted a “salt source.”

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Elwira Kaczyńska, University of Lodz, Poland

Department of Classical Philology, Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz; Dr.Hab. Prof.

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2022-07-27

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