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ἀβρότονον

abrotonon

wormwood

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What it meant

1. ἀβρότονον · abrotonon — Beekes

ἀβρότονον [n.) ‘wormwood’ (Thphr.). eVAR Also a-. eETYM Unknown; probably a loanword, perhaps from the Greek substrate. Connected with ἁβρός by folk etymology. From Akk. (a)murdennu ‘flower with thorns’, acc. to Bailey TPS 1955: 82. — [Beekes, s.v. ἀβρότονον, p. 53]

2. ἀβρότονον · abrotonon — Frisk

ἀβρότονον (d-) n. ‘Stabwurz’ (Thphr., Nik. usw.). Herkunft unbekannt; wohl (volksetymologisch umgeformtes) LW. Abzulehnen Hoffmann Die Makedonen 40f. m. A. 7. “ßpvrol: ἐχίνων ϑαλασσίων εἶδος H. Daneben ἄμβρυττοι" εἶδος ἐχίνων ϑαλασσίων und die kürzeren Formen βρύττος (Ar.) und βούσσος (Arist.). Kühne Vermutungen bei Winter Prothet. Vokal 30: zu μορμύρος N. eines Meerfisches und fernerhin zu βούχιος “tief? (?). — [Frisk, s.v. ἀβρότονον, p. 35]

3. ἀβρότονον · abrotonon — LSJ

wormwood, Artemisia arborescens, southernwood, Artemisia fragrans, lavender cotton, Santolina Chamaecyparissus

wormwood, Artemisia arborescens, Thphr. HP 6.7.3, Nic. Th. 92, etc.; ἀ. ἄρρεν, southernwood, Artemisia fragrans, Gal. 11.804; ἀ. θῆλυ, lavender cotton, Santolina Chamaecyparissus, Dsc. 3.24; written ἀβούτονον Ps.-Dsc. l.c.

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