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ἑλλέβορος

elleboros

hellebore, Helleborus, Veratrum album

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1. ἑλλέβορος · helleboros — Beekes

ἑλλέβορος [m.] ‘hellebore, Helleborus, Veratrum album’ (Hp. Ar; on the mg. Dawkins JHS 56 (1936): 3f.). *VAR Ion. éA-. eCOMP As a first member in ἑλλεβοροποσία “drinking ἑν (Hp.); ἑλλεβορο-σήματα plant name = λειμώνιον (Ps.-Dsc. 4, 16), an original bahuvrihi: ‘plant that shows symptoms of Helleborus’, Strémberg 1944: 51. eDER ἑλλεβορίνη ‘Herniaria glabra’ (Thphr., Dsc.), ἑλλεβορίτης 'κενταύρειον τὸ μικρόν’ … — [Beekes, s.v. ἑλλέβορος, p. 460]

2. ἑλλέβορος · helleboros — Chantraine

ἑλλέβορος : m. «hellébore » (Hp., Ar., Thphr., etc.) avec la distinction entre hellébore blanc et noir (lequel est l'hellébore proprement dit); cf. Dawkins, J. Hell, Siud. 56, 1936, 3 sqq., J. André, R. ΕἸ. Lai. 32, 1954, 174 sqq. Est-ce par plaisanterie que le mot est employé par Ar., Fr. 320,6 pour désigner une boucle d'oreille ? Composés : ἑλλεδοροποσία f. « fait de boire de l’hellébore» (Hp.), tiré en principe … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἑλλέβορος, p. 354]

3. ἑλλέβορος · helleboros — Frisk

ἑλλέβορος, ion. ἐλ- m. “Nieswurz, Helleborus, Veratrum album’ (Hp., Ar., Thphr. usw.; zur Bed. Dawkins Journ of HellStud. 56, 3f.). Als Vorderglied in ἐλλεβοροποσία "das Trinken von £.’ (Hp.; von Ἐξλλεβορο-πότης), ἐλλεβορο-σήματα Pflanzenname — λειμώνιον (Ps.-Dsk. 4, 16); eig. Bahuvrihi: “Pflanze, die Helleborus-Symptome hervorruft’, Strömberg Wortstudien 51. — Ableitungen: ἐλλεβορίνη “Herniaria glabra’ (Thphr., … — [Frisk, s.v. ἑλλέβορος, p. 531]

4. ἑλλέβορος · helleboros — LSJ

hellebore, hellebore, Veratrum album, hellebore, Helleborus orientalis, cyclophyllus

hellebore, Hp. Acut. 23, Aph. 4.13, Thphr. HP 9.10.1, etc. (ἑ. λευκός white hellebore, Veratrum album, Dsc. 4.148; ἑ. μέλας hellebore, Helleborus orientalis (or cyclophyllus), ib. 162); given to the insane, Hp. Vict. 1.35: hence, πῖθʼ ἑλλέβορον, i.e. you are mad, Ar. V. 1489; ἑλλέβορον ἤδη πώποτʼ ἔπιες; Men. 69 (prob.l.); ἐλλέβορον πῖσαι Hp. Fract. 11, cf. Str. 9.3.3, etc.; πικρότερον ἑλλεβόρου AP 5.28 (Cillactor).

2

= σησαμοειδὲς τὸ μέγα, Dsc. 4.149.

II

= ἐλλόβιον, of women, Ar. Fr. 320.6, Nicostr. 33, cf. Hsch.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἑλλέβορος (scan p. 460; entry #2026).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἑλλέβορος (scan p. 354; entry #2442).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἑλλέβορος (scan p. 531; entry #1867).

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