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βλῆχνον

blechnon

male fern, Aspidium Filix-mas

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What it meant

1. βλῆχνον · blēchnon — Beekes

βλῆχνον [n.] ‘male fern, Aspidium Filix-mas’. < PG(V)> eVAR Also βλῆχρον (Dsc.), βλήχρα H,, also βλᾶχνον (Phan. Hist), BAaxpov (H.). *ETYM No etymology. See Rohlfs 1958: 124, Rohlfs Sprache 5 (1959): 175°, and Rohlfs Glotta 38 (1959): 103. The variation p/v does not derive from an r/n-stem, but points to Pre-Greek origin; see Fur. 388. BAnxpdc [adj.] ‘weak’ (Alc.). «ἢ» eVAR ἀβληχρός (I; s.v.). eDER βλῆχρος a plant, … — [Beekes, s.v. βλῆχνον, p. 268]

2. βλῆχνον · blēchnon — Frisk

βλῆχνον n., auch βλῆχοον (Dsk., Sch.), βλήχρα H. "Farnkraut'. — Ohne Etymologie. — [Frisk, s.v. βλῆχνον, p. 274]

3. βλῆχνον · blēchnon — Frisk

βλῆχνον n., auch βλῆχρον (Dsk., Sch.), βλήχρα H. “Farnkraut'. — Ohne Etymologie. — [Frisk, s.v. βλῆχνον, p. 276]

4. βλῆχνον · blēchnon — Frisk

βλῆχνον. Auch βλᾶχνον (Phan. Hist.), -oov' πόα τις H.; vgl. Björck Alpha impurum 64. Dazu unterital. und neugr. Formen, ebenfalls mit -a-, bei Rohlfs Sybaris 124, Sprache 5 (1959) 175 A.12, Glotta 38 (1959) 103. — [Frisk, s.v. βλῆχνον, p. 2178]

5. βλῆχνον · blēchnon — LSJ

male fern, Aspidium Filix-mas

male fern, Aspidium Filix-mas, Dsc. 4.184.

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