The corpus record

μαγύδαρις

magudaris · ἡ

inflorescence of the σίλφιον

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What it meant — LSJ

inflorescence of the σίλφιον, seed, root, sap

inflorescence of the σίλφιον, Thphr. HP 6.3.4; also its seed (or root), Dsc. 3.80; also its sap, Hsch.

II Prangos ferulacea

another plant, distinct from σίλφιον, Prangos ferulacea, Thphr. HP 1.6.12, 6.3.7, Dsc. l.c., Gp. 2.35.9 (μαγοδ- codd.). [mǎgūdǎrǐs Plaut. Rud. 633.]

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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