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κάρδᾰμ-ον

kardamon

nose-smart

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1. κάρδαμον · kardamon — Beekes

κάρδαμον [η.] ‘nose-smart’, ‘Lepidium sativuny (X., Ar.). *VAR Also παρδαμάλῃη (Phot.). *COMP As a first member in καρδάμωμον, haplological for καρδαμ-άμωμον [n.] ‘cardamom’ (Thphr., Dsc.; on the formation Schwyzer: 263). *DER καρδαμίς = κάρδαμον (Nic., Plu.), after κεδρίς, etc. acc. to Chantraine 1933: 343; καρδαμίνη ‘id’, also = σισύμβριον, etc. (Dsc.; Chantraine 1933: 204); καρδαμάλη ‘Persian cake from … — [Beekes, s.v. κάρδαμον, p. 690]

2. κάρδαμον · kardamon — Chantraine

κάρδαμον : n. «cresson alénois», Lepidium salivum (X., Ar., pap., etc.); pour l'expression βλέπειν κάρδαμα (Ar., Guêpes 455}, v. Taillardat, Images d’Aristophane, 8 385. Le pluriel neutre kadamija — καρδάμια est attesté en mycénien, cf. Chadwick-Baumbach 208. Composé : καρδάμωμον « cardamome », eletlaria Cardamomum (Thphr., etc.), cf. André, Lexique sous cardamomum: composé avec superposition syllabique de κάρδαμον … — [Chantraine, s.v. κάρδαμον, p. 511]

3. κάρδαμον · kardamon — Frisk

κάρδαμον ἢ. Art Kresse, ‘Lepidium sativum’ (X., Ar., Pap. usw.). Als Vorderglied in καρδάμωμον, haplologisch für xapdau-duwuor τι. "Kardamom’ (Thphr., Dsk.; zur Bildung καρδία 787 Schwyzer 263). — Ableitungen: καρδαμίς = κάρδαμον (Nik., Plu.; nach κεδρίς u.a., Chantraine Formation 343); καρδαμίνη ‘ds’, auch = σισύμβριον u.a. (Dsk. u.a.; Chantraine 204); καρδαμάλῃη “persischer Kuchen aus xdgdauor (Trypho ap. Ath.; … — [Frisk, s.v. κάρδαμον, p. 818]

4. κάρδαμον · kardamon — Frisk

κάρδαμον. Myk. ka-da-mi-ja = καρδάμια. — Zur Begriffsbestimmung usw. Andr6 Rev. de phil. 3. ser. 34 (1960) 51f. — [Frisk, s.v. κάρδαμον, p. 2245]

5. κάρδᾰμ-ον · kardam-on — LSJ

nose-smart, Lepidium sativum, sharp and stinging

nose-smart, Lepidium sativum, of which the seed was eaten like mustard, X. Cyr. 1.2.8, POxy. 1429.5, Ael. VH 3.39: pl., Ar. Nu. 234; κάρδαμʼ ἐσκευασμένα Eub. 36: metaph., βλέπειν κάρδαμα look sharp and stinging, Ar. V. 455: prov. of worthless things, ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων Henioch. 4.2.

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