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οἰνο-θήρας

oinotheras · ὁ

the root of which smells of wine

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What it meant

οἰνο-θήρας · oino-thēras — LSJ

the root of which smells of wine, was used to flavour wine, onothuris

a plant the root of which smells of wine or was used to flavour wine ; but in the best Mss. of Thphr. HP 9.19.1 it is ὀνοθήρας, as in Dsc. 4.117 and Gal. 12.89 ; called also ὀνάγρα, Gal. l.c., and ὀνόθουρις ibid., Aët. 15.15 ; cf. onothuris, Plin. HN 24.167.

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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