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.
The corpus record
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
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.