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δαῦκος

daukos1 · ὁ

Athamanta Cretensis

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What it meant — LSJ

Athamanta Cretensis, Peucedanum Cervaria, Psychotis Amnis), wild carrot, Daucus Carota, Malabaila aurea

an umbelliferous plant growing in Crete, Athamanta Cretensis, Hp. Acut. 23, Dsc. 3.72 (who applies the name to two other species, Peucedanum Cervaria and Psychotis Amnis), POxy. 1088.65, Gal. 6.654; also, = σταφυλῖνος, wild carrot, Daucus Carota, Id. 11.862, which is called δαῦκον, τό, by Thphr. HP 9.15.5 (but, = Malabaila aurea, ib. 9.15.8, 9.20.2): δαύκειον, τό, Nic. Th. 858, 939: δαυκίν (i.e. δαυκίον), Gp. 12.1.2:—also δαυχμός, Nic. Th. 94 (cf. Sch. ad loc.), Al. 199.

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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