1. ἄλυσσον · alysson — Beekes
ἄλυσσον [n.] name of a plant (Dsc.). *ETYM With privative a from λύσσα ‘rage’, because of the curing effect of the seeds (Dsc. 3, 91). Cf. Str6mberg 1940: 91. — [Beekes, s.v. ἄλυσσον, p. 123]
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ἄλυσσον
alusson
rage
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2. ἄλυσσον · alysson — Frisk
ἄλυσσον n. Pflanzenname (Dsk. usw.). Von « privativum und λύσσα “Wut’, wegen der angeblichen Heilkraft des Samens (Dsk. 3, 91). Vgl. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 91. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄλυσσον, p. 110]
3. ἄλυσσον · alysson — LSJ
madwort, Farsetia clypeata
madwort, Farsetia clypeata, Dsc. 3.91 (ἀλύσσιον Ps.-Dsc. l.c.), cf. Plu. QConv. 2.648a.
2 Galenʼs madwort, Sideritis romana
Galenʼs madwort, Sideritis romana, Ruf. Fr. 76.10; cf. sq. [ἄλυσσος]
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