1. ἀκαλήφη · akalēphē — Beekes
The corpus record
ἀκᾰλήφη
akalephe
stinging nettle, sea anemone
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Where it lives
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
- Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
What it meant
2. ἀκαλήφη · akalēphē — Chantraine
3. ἀκαλήφη · akalēphē — Frisk
4. ἀκᾰλήφη · akalēphē — LSJ
stinging-nettle, Dsc. 4.93, etc.: metaph., ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς τὴν ἀ. ἀφελέσθαι Ar. V. 884, cf. Anon. ap. Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.178.
sea-anemone, so called from its stinging properties, Eup. 60, Pherecr. 24, Ar. Lys. 549 (cf. Sch.), Arist. HA 531a31, 588b20, Plu. QConv. 2.670d.
In the wild
- ἀκαλήφας · akalēphas Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 349)
- ἀκαληφῶν · akalēphōn Aristophanes, Lysistrata 548 (DIORISIS sentence 438)
- ἀκαλήφην · akalēphēn Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 632)
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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