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ὀπιτίων

opition

Bunium ferulaceum

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What it meant

1. ὀπιτίων · opitiōn — Beekes

ὀπιτίων [m.] a plant with a bulb, perhaps ‘Bunium ferulaceum’ (Thphr.). eETYM Fur. 240 compares οὔιτον ‘an Egyptian truffle’; οὔιτον τὸ ὑτύ ἐνίων οἰτόν (H.) beside trov a Thracian mushroom (Ath. 2, 62a vl. οἰτόν; iton Plin.), which he analyses as pointing to (6)fttov. He further connects tdvov, olSva. The variations point to a Pre-Greek word. — [Beekes, s.v. ὀπιτίων, p. 1142]

2. ὀπιτίων · opitiōn — Chantraine

ὀπιτίων, -wvoc : m. plante à bulbe, p.-ê. Bunium ferulaceum (Thphr.). — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀπιτίων, p. 826]

3. ὀπιτίων · opitiōn — LSJ

tuberous root of Bunium ferulaceum, earth-nut

tuberous root of Bunium ferulaceum, earth-nut, Thphr. HP 7.13.9.

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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