The corpus record

χᾰμαί-πῐτυς

chamaipitus · ἡ

ground-pine, Ajuga Chamaepitys

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What it meant — LSJ

ground-pine, Ajuga Chamaepitys

ground-pine, Ajuga Chamaepitys, Nic. Al. 56, Apollod. ap. Ath. 15.681d, Dsc. 3.158, Plin. HN 24.29.

2 mountain germander, Teucrium montanum

mountain germander, Teucrium montanum, Dsc. l.c., Plin. l.c.

3 herb-ivy, Ajuga Iva

herb-ivy, Ajuga Iva, Dsc. and Plin. ll.cc.

= ὑπερικόν, Dsc. 3.154.

5 flavoured with one of these plants

= μυρσίνη ἀγρία, Ps.-Dsc. 4.144:—hence χᾰμαιπῐτύϊνος οἶνος wine flavoured with one of these plants, Dsc. 5.70.

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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