The corpus record

Χειρώνειος

*cheironeios

of, from Cheiron, Cheironʼs

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What it meant — LSJ

of, from Cheiron, Cheironʼs, needing his aid, a malignant

of or from Cheiron, X. ἕλκος a sore like Cheironʼs or needing his aid, a malignant sore, Zen. 6.46, Gal. 10.1006, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.92, Hierocl. in CA 14p.451M.

II elecampane, Inula Helenium

πάνακες Χειρώνειον, elecampane, Inula Helenium, Thphr. HP 9.11.1, Plin. HN 25.32.

2 Cheironʼs all-heal, Hypericum olympicum

Cheironʼs all-heal, Hypericum olympicum, Dsc. 3.50.

III bryony

X. ῥίζα, = ἄμπελος ἀγρία, bryony, Gal. 14.186.

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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