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λάθῠρος

lathuros

a kind of pulse, chickling, Lathyrus sativus

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What it meant

1. λάθυρος · lathyros — Beekes

λάθυρος [π|.] ‘a kind of pulse, chickling, Lathyrus sativus’ (Hell.). VAR Plural also -a. eDER λαθυρίς [f.] name of a purging plant, ‘Euphorbia Lathyris’ (Dsc., Gal.); hence Lat. (gloss.) latridus [f.] (see André Et. class. 24 (1956): 4if.). «ETYM No etymology. Only a remote resemblance with the word for ‘lentil’ (Lat. lens, OCS lesta, Ru. ljaéa), The structure (suffix -vp-) could point to a Pre-Greek word … — [Beekes, s.v. λάθυρος, p. 869]

2. λάθυρος · lathyros — Chantraine

λάθυρος : m. (au pl. λάθυροι, mais -« Babr. 74,6) « jarosse, gesse », Lathyrus sativus (Anaxandr., Alex., etc.), d'où λαθυρίς, -ἰδος 1. « épurge », plante dont les graines brunes ressemblent à celle du précédent et donnent une huile purgative très utilisée, cf. André, Εἰ, Class. 24, 1956, 41. Dans l’onomastique, surnom de Ptolémée VIIT. Et.: Ignorée, Ressemble à un nom de la lentille, lat. lens, v. sl. leëla, russ. … — [Chantraine, s.v. λάθυρος, p. 630]

3. λάθῠρος · lathyros — LSJ

pulse, chickling, Lathyrus sativus

kind of pulse, chickling, Lathyrus sativus, Anaxandr. 41.43 (pl.), Alex. 162.12 (both anap.), Thphr. HP 8.3.1, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.286e: heterocl. pl. λάθυρα Babr. 74.6.

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