Ruby's Greek Thread

[Ruby Novacna]

Word EVA ykolairol

The word ykolairol is the label of a nymph from the outer band of labels on the Cancer page: <f72r3.13,&Lz> <!10:00>.


The same word is found on page 113r.


I suspect that these two words may be different: I read the first as 9malairoi and the second as 9nalairai.

For the nymph I propose ἀμαλαυρεῖ, synonym of μαραίνει which is in turn the conjugated form of the verb μαραίνω:

• ἀμαλαυρεῖ = μαραίνει, conj form of μαραίνω – quench fire, Pass., die away, go slowly out, of fire, of rays of light.
  

The word in 113r can be ἀνα-λῆσαι, if we agree to replace αι with η and read ρ as ς:

• ἀνα-λῆσαι = ἀνατρέψαι, conj form of ἀνατρέπω – overturn, upset; Medic., upset; overthrow, ruin ; upset in argument, refute; Pass., to be upset, disheartened; to be checked in, diverted from; to be turned back; to be made null and void; stir up, arouse; slip, trip up.
  

Of course, for the moment, all of this remains suppositions.