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ἤρυγγ-ος

eruggos

Eryngium

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What it meant

1. ἤρυγγος · ēryngos — Beekes

ἤρυγγος 1 [f.] name of a thistle-like plant, ‘Eryngium’ (Nic. et al.). VAR Mostly ἠρύγγιον (Thphr.), also ἠρύγγη (Plin.) and ἠρυγγίτης (Plu.). *DERNpvyyic [f.] ‘belonging to E.’ (Nic.). eETYM Formation like εἴλιγγος and πίσυγγος; the suffix -Vyy- is much more frequent in athematic forms like φάρυγξ, etc. Acc. to Strémberg 1940: 72, it derives from ἔαρ, ἦρος ‘spring’, as “spring flower”. Clearly a Pre-Greek … — [Beekes, s.v. ἤρυγγος, p. 573]

2. ἤρυγγος · ēryngos — Beekes

ἤρυγγος 2 [m.] ‘goat’s beard’ (Arist. HA 610b 29). *ETYM Although the meaning ‘goat’s beard’ is unexplained beside those of ἤρυγγος 1, the word is clearly Pre-Greek. — [Beekes, s.v. ἤρυγγος, p. 573]

3. ἤρυγγος · ēryngos — Chantraine

ἤρυγγος : {. sorte de chardon, eryngium crelicum (Nic.); généralement ἠρύγγιον, Chardon-Roland, panicaut, etc. (Thphr., etc.); aussi ἠρύγγη (Pline) et ἠρυγγίτης (Piu.); adj. dérivé puyyis f. « qui concerne l'#puyyoc » (Nic.). Un masc. fpuyyos « barbe de chèvre + est attesté Arist., H.A. 610 b : le texte est bon, il s’agit d'un développernent sémantique secondaire. Et.: Formation expressive à nasale comme εἴλιγγος, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἤρυγγος, p. 431]

4. ἤρυγγος · ēryngos — Frisk

ἤρυγγος 1. f. N. einer distelartigen Doldenpflanze, “Eryngium’ (Nik. u.a.); gew. ἠούγγιον (Thphr. u.a.), auch ἠρύγγη (Plin.) und ἠουγγίτης (Plu.) “415. ; davon ἠρυγγίς f. “zu ἘΠ. gehörig’ (Nik.). 2. m. ‘Ziegenbart’ (Arist.). Bildung wie εἴλιγγος und das unklare πέσυγγος ; viel öfter in athemat. Form wie φάρυγξ u.a. — Nach Strömberg Pflanzennamen 72 von ἔαρ, ἦρος “"Frühling’, also eig. „„Frühlingsblume“. Die … — [Frisk, s.v. ἤρυγγος, p. 676]

5. ἤρυγγ-ος · ēryng-os — LSJ

eryngo, Eryngium creticum, E. campestre

eryngo, Eryngium creticum, Nic. Th. 645, 849: more freq. as Dim., ἠρύγγιον, τό, E. campestre, Thphr. HP 6.1.3, Plu. QConv. 2.700d, Max. cum princip. 776f (both forms in Dsc. 3.21, ἠρύγγιον also = ἀλόη, Ps.-Dsc. 3.22):—also ἠρύγγη, ἡ, Plin. HN 22.18, Phot.; = πόλιον, Hp. ap. Erot. (perh. to be read in Ulc. 11); ἠρυγγίτης [ῑ], ου, ὁ, Plu. Vind. 2.558e, Suid.

II goatʼs beard

ἤρυγγος, ὁ, goatʼs beard, Arist. HA 610b29 (s.v.l.).

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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