1. καρπήσιον · karpēsion — Beekes
καρπήσιον [n.] name of an aromatic plant from Anatolia, ‘Valeriana Dioscoridis’ (Gal. Alex. Trall.). «ρα» “VAR καρπησία = κάρπασος (Paul. Aeg.; not -ov as given by Frisk). *ETYM On the meaning, see Thiselton-Dyer Journal of Phil. 34 (1915): 310f; on the ending -ήσιος, see Chantraine 1933: 41f. The etymology is unknown. Fur: 349 compares κέρπαθος (Uran. 12), a kind of incense. The word can hardly be IE; thus, … — [Beekes, s.v. καρπήσιον, p. 696]
2. καρπήσιον · karpēsion — Chantraine
καρπήσιον : n., plante aromatique importée d’Asie (Gal., Alex. Trall.), qui serait la Waieriana Dioscoridis, cf. Olck, RE 3,1574. Mais καρπησία chez Paul. Ægin. 5,44 se rattache à κάρπασον. — [Chantraine, s.v. καρπήσιον, p. 514]
3. καρπήσιον · karpēsion — Frisk
καρπήσιον n. Ben. einer aromatischen Pflanze aus Kleinasien, “Valeriana Dioscoridis’ (Gal., Alex. Trall.); καρπησία = 2. κάρπασον (Paul. Aeg.). — Zur Begriffebestimmung ThiseltonDyer JournofPhil. 34, 310f.; über den Ausgang -ἥσιος Chantraine Formation 41f. Etymologie unbekannt. — [Frisk, s.v. καρπήσιον, p. 824]
4. καρπήσιον · karpēsion — LSJ
an aromatic plant, Valeriana Dioscoridisan aromatic plant, Valeriana Dioscoridis, chiefly brought from Asia, Gal. 12.15, Alex.Trall. 9.1:—but καρπησία, ἡ, = κάρπασος II, Paul.Aeg. 5.44.