The corpus record

γεράν-ιον

geranion · τό

Geranium tuberosum

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What it meant — LSJ

1. γεράν-ιον · geran-ion

Geranium tuberosum, craneʼs-bill, Erodium malacoides, plaster

Geranium tuberosum, a plant, Dsc. 3.116; ἕτερον γ. craneʼs-bill, Erodium malacoides, ibid.; also γεράνιος, Hsch. (but ἡ γεράνιος a plaster, Aët. 15.15).

substance used in Alchemy, Pelag.Alch.p.256 B.

2. γηρ-άνιον· · gēr-anion·

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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