- אליסטון
- אִלְיַסְטוֹן, אִלְיַיסְטוֹן, הִלְיַיסְטוֹןm. (ἡλιαστός, acc., fr. ἡλιάζω, v. Gr. Dict.) a luscious wine (vinum dulce) for which the grapes were to be dried in the sun for three days, after which they were gathered and trodden on the fourth during the full fervor of the midday heat (Sm. Ant. s. v. Vinum; Columella XII, 27). Men.VIII, 6 אליוסטון Mish. (Ar. ed. Koh. אלייס׳, Talm. ed. 86b הליסטיון, היל׳). B. Bath.97b אלייסטון Ar. (Var. a. ed. היליסטון; Ms. והלאסטון, והיליסטיון; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.). Tosef.Men.IX, 9 (from which B. Bath. l. c. is quoted) אליסטון.
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