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ἀμᾱνῖται

amanitai

kind of mushroom

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What it meant

1. ἀμᾶνῖται · amanitai — Beekes

ἀμᾶνῖται [m.pl.] ‘kind of mushroom’ (Nic.). *ETYM Perhaps derived from a place name, eg. the mountain Ἅμανος in Asia Minor, but it occurs frequently (Koukoules Ep. Et. Byz. 17 (1948): 75; Chantraine RPh. 91 (1965): 201-3). For the suffix, cf. ἀκονῖτον, βωλίτης, The gloss ἀμάνορες: δοθιῆνες ‘smallabscess, boil’ (H.) may be unrelated. — [Beekes, s.v. ἀμᾶνῖται, p. 128]

2. ἀμᾶνῖται · amanitai — Chantraine

ἀμᾶνῖται : πι. Ρ.. nom d'un champignon, cf. fr. amanite (Nic. Gal.j. Voir Redard, Noms en -τῆς 68. Noter la quantité longue du second α. Le terme pourrait être tiré d'un nom de lieu où ces champignons abondaient (cf. le mont άμανος en Asie Mineure, mais il a pu y en avoir d'autres, cf. Koukoules. Ep. Et. Byz. Sp. 17, 1948, 75; £hantraine, À. Ph., σου, 201-203). ἢ faut eiter d'autre part la glose d'Hsch. dudvopec “ … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀμᾶνῖται, p. 84]

3. ἀμᾶνῖται · amanitai — Frisk

ἀμᾶνῖται m.pl. N. einer Pilsart, "Champignons’ (Nik., Gal.). Aus dem Gebirgsnamen Auavos? Chantr. m. Lit. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀμᾶνῖται, p. 2154]

4. ἀμᾱνῖται · amanitai — LSJ

‘champignons’

‘champignons’, a kind of fungus, Nic. Fr. 79, Gal. 6.656, Eust. 290.3, etc. ἀμάνορες· δοθιῆνες (Elean), Hsch.

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