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ἀγᾰρῐκόν

agarikon

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What it meant

1. ἀγαρικόν · agarikon — Beekes

ἀγαρικόν [η.}] name of several mushrooms (Dsc.). < GR> *ETYM Perhaps from the TN Ayapia (Sarmatia)? See André 1956 s.v. agaricum and Stromberg 1940: 122. — [Beekes, s.v. ἀγαρικόν, p. 56]

2. ἀγαρικόν · agarikon — Chantraine

ἀγαρικόν : n. nom de divers champignons (Dsc.), fr. agarie, voir J. André, Lexique s.u. agaricum. El.: Probablement formé, avec le suffixe catégorisant «ἱκός sur le nom de pays ᾿Αγαρία, en Sarmatie, comme l'indique Dioscoride lui-même, ef. Strôomberg, Pflanzennamen, 122. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀγαρικόν, p. 22]

3. ἀγᾰρῐκόν · agarikon — LSJ

tree-fungi, Boletus Agaricum, Agaricus dryinus, fly agaric, Amanita muscaria

tree-fungi, Dsc. 3.1, etc.: ἀ. ἄρρεν, Boletus Agaricum; ἀ. θῆλυ, Agaricus dryinus; ἀ. μέλαν, fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, l.c. [ᾰγ Damocr. ap. Gal. 14.96 (iamb.): ᾱγ Androm. ap. Gal. 14.39 (hex.).]

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