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ἀκακαλίς

akakalis

flower of narcissus (Cret.)

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What it meant

1. ἀκακαλίς · akakalis — Beekes

ἀκακαλίς, -ido¢ [f.) name of several plants (Dsc.). «ΑΚ Cf. ἀκακαλλίς: ἄνθος ναρκίσσου. Κρῆτες ‘flower of narcissus (Cret.)’ (H.). κακαλίς: νάρκισσος (H.), κακκαλία = otpbxvov ὑπνωτικόν ‘sleepy nightshade, Withania somnifera’ (Dsc. 4, 72 and 122). Further κάγκανον = κακ(κλαλία ‘Mercurialis tomentosa’ (Gal. Paul. Aeg.). 48 ἀκάκητα eETYM Frisk assumes an Oriental origin, possibly Egyptian, but why? Fur. 371, … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκακαλίς, p. 94]

2. ἀκακαλίς · akakalis — LSJ

gall of the Oriental tamarisk

gall of the Oriental tamarisk, Dsc. 1.89.

= νάρκισσος, Eumach. ap. Ath. 15.681e.

= ἄρκευθος, Ps.-Dsc. 1.75.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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