Re: [tied] Re: The indo european "race"

From: P&G
Message: 26148
Date: 2003-09-30

>> Just what would "flavus" mean applied to hair? Anything from mouse
>> to honey to mud to ginger (rufus).

[George:]
>chlorus "blond"?

I'm not certain what you mean here. Chloros is used of honey in Homer, and
of sand, and of the yolk of an egg. It is also used of the sea, a river,
and anything growing green or unripe. It is used of flesh, and of a horse.

Peter

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