1. βολβός · bolbos — Beekes
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βολβός
bolbos
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Where it lives
What it meant
2. βολβός · bolbos — Chantraine
3. βολβός · bolbos — Frisk
4. βολβός · bolbos — Frisk
5. βολβός · bolbos — LSJ
purse-tassels, Muscari comosum, Ar. Ec. 1092, Pl. R. 372c, Arist. Pr. 926a6, Thphr. HP 7.13.8, Theoc. 14.17, Dsc. 2.170: freq. in Com., Pl.Com. 173.9, etc.; identified with ὕδνον by Sch. Ar. Nu. 188; also of other bulbous plants, β. ἐμετικός, = Narcissus Tazetta, Dsc. 4.156; β. ἄγριος, = κολχικόν, ib. 4.83; β. ἐριοφόρος, = Scilla hyacinthoides, Thphr. HP 7.13.8 (an Indian kind, perh. Euodendron anfractuosum, Phan.Hist. 28); β., = νάρκισσος, Ps.-Dsc. 4.158; = ἡμεροκαλλές, Id. 3.122; βολβοί perh.
In the wild
- βολβοὺς · bolbous Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 157)
- βολβοὺς · bolbous Plato, Republic 2.372 (DIORISIS sentence 1139)
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βολβός (scan p. 272; entry #1204).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βολβός (scan pp. 197-198; entry #1345).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βολβός (scan pp. 281-282; entry #1115).
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