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ἐλύδριον

eludrion

celandine

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What it meant

1. ἐλύδριον · elydrion — Beekes

ἐλύδριον [n.]? = χελιδόνιον, ‘celandine’ (pap.). «Ὁ» *ETYM Formation in -ὕδριον (Chantraine 1933: 72f.). It has been connected with » ἕλος ‘marsh’ (“somit nach dem Standort benannt”, acc. to Frisk), but this has Spiritus asper. — [Beekes, s.v. ἐλύδριον, p. 463]

2. ἐλύδριον · elydrion — Chantraine

ἐλύδριον : n.= χελιδόνιον, «chélidoine», herbe à verrues (pap.). Dérivé en -69ptov (Ghantraine, Formation 72 sqq.), formé sur ἔλος ; le nom de la plante serait tiré de son habitat. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἐλύδριον, p. 357]

3. ἐλύδριον · elydrion — Frisk

ἐλύδριον n. — χελιδόνιον, "Schellkraut” (Pap.). — Bildung auf εὔδριον (Chantraine Formation 72f.), wohl von ἕλος ; somit nach dem Standort benannt, — [Frisk, s.v. ἐλύδριον, p. 535]

4. ἐλύδριον · elydrion — LSJ

= χελιδόνιον, used to make yellow dye, PHolm. 11.16, PLeid.X. 68, Ps.-Democr.Alch. p.48B., v.l. in Paul.Aeg. 3.2.

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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