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σίλφιον

silphion

silphium

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1. σίλφιον · silphion — Beekes

σίλφιον [n.] a plant known especially from Cyrene, ‘silphium’. eVAR σέλπον- σίλφιον (ἢ... *DER σιλφιωτός (Ar.), σεσιλφιωμένος (Philox., not certain) ‘prepared with σ΄, σιλφιόεις ‘made of o.’ (Nic.). eETYM The variants σίλφιον, σέλπον, together with Lat. sirpe ‘id’, point to a loanword of unknown origin. Fur.: 163, etc. also mentions Berb. aselbu ‘iuncus maritimus’. — [Beekes, s.v. σίλφιον, p. 1383]

2. σίλφιον · silphion — Chantraine

σίλφιον : n., espèce de férule mal identifiée, surtout connue en Cyrénaïique (Sol, Hdt., att., Thphr., etc.) voir Chamoux, Cyrène 246-263. D'où σιλφιωτός (Ar.) σεσιλφιωμένος (Philox.) «préparé avec du silphium», σιλφιόεις « de silphium » (Nic.). Autre forme σέλπον "σίλφιον (Hsch.). Composé obscur cApouxyos sur un vase de Cyrène (vie 8.); Kretschmer, Griech. Vaseninschr, 13; Chamoux, Gyrène 262. Le lat. a une autre … — [Chantraine, s.v. σίλφιον, p. 1024]

3. σίλφιον · silphion — Frisk

σίλφιον ion. att. seit Sol. — Unklar σλιίφομαχος (kyren. Vase VI®); vgl. Kretschmer Die griech. Vaseninschr. (1894) 13f. — [Frisk, s.v. σίλφιον, p. 2304]

4. σίλφιον · silphion — LSJ

laserwort, Ferula tingitana, silphium-, Ferula Assafoetida, Prangos ferulacea, Ferula alliacea

laserwort, Ferula tingitana, the juice of which was used in food and medicine, Sol. 39; ὀπὸς σιλφίου Hp. Acut. 23; σ. ἢ ὀπὸς ἢ καυλός ib. 37, Gal. 12.123, cf. S. Fr. 603, Antiph. 88, Alex. 127.5, Thphr. HP 6.3.1, Nic. Al. 309, Dsc. 3.80, Poll. 6.67; freq. in Ar. as an eatable, esp. mashed with cheese, Av. 534, 1579; having a strong flavour, Eq. 895 sq.: largely grown in and exported from Cyrene, hence prov., τὸ Βάττου σ., of rare and precious commodities, Id. Pl. 925, Arist. Fr. 528; γαλαῖ ἐν τῷ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σίλφιον (scan p. 1383; entry #5516).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σίλφιον (scan p. 1024; entry #7237).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σίλφιον (scan p. 2304; entry #7914).

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