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βάκανον

bakanon

1 193 *ETYM The word has been compared with » ἠβαιός

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What it meant

1. βάκανον · bakanon — Beekes

βάκανον 1 193 *ETYM The word has been compared with » ἠβαιός. Fur: 378 takes the ἦ- as prothetic, allegedly indicative of Pre-Greek origin; in my view, this remains uncertain. Bais [{] ‘palm leaf (LXX, pap.). «τὰν» eVAR Acc. -tv. Also βάϊον [n.) ‘id., measuring rod’ (Ev. Jo., pap.). *DER Adj. βαϊνός (Sm.) ‘made of palm leaf’, βαινή [f.) “branch of a palm’ (LXX). *ETYM From Eg. δ, Copt. bai. See Hemmerdinger Glotta … — [Beekes, s.v. βάκανον, p. 240]

2. βάκανον · bakanon — Beekes

βάκανον! [n.) “Althaea cannabina’. eVAR Cf. Baxavov- τὸ ἀγριοκάναβον (Lex. Parisinus gr. 2419). *DER βακάνιον (POs!.). eETYM For the suffix, cf. λάχανον and see Chantraine 1933: 199. Cf. » Baxavov 2 and DELG Supp. s.v. 104 βάκανον 2 — [Beekes, s.v. βάκανον, p. 240]

3. βάκανον · bakanon — Beekes

βάκανον 2 [η.] ‘Brassica napus oleifera’ (pap. IP-IIP). *ETYM See » βάκανον 1. — [Beekes, s.v. βάκανον, p. 241]

4. βάκανον · bakanon — Chantraine

βάκανον : «espèce de chou » (pap.), chez les médecins «graine de chou». Diminutif GBœxéviov. Transcription latine bacanum p.-ê. graine de raifort, cf. André, Lerique 5.1. Et.: Même finale que λάχανον. Pas d'étymologie. — [Chantraine, s.v. βάκανον, p. 172]

5. βάκανον · bakanon — Frisk

βάκανον n. “Kohl’ (PFay.), auch "Kohlsame’ (Mediz.). Dem. βακάνιον (POsl.).. — Zum Suffix vgl. λάχανον und andere Pflanzennamen bei Chantraine Formation 199. Sonst unerklärt. — [Frisk, s.v. βάκανον, p. 241]

6. βάκανον · bakanon — LSJ

cabbage, cabbage-seed

cabbage, PFay. 117.12 (pl.); also, cabbage-seed, Aët. 10.2, Alex.Trall. 9.1, Paul.Aeg. 7.11.42.

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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