1. σίσαρον · sisaron — Beekes
The corpus record
σίσᾰρον
sisaron
Pastinaca sativa
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What it meant
σίσαρον [n.] ‘Pastinaca sativa’ (Epich., Diocl. Fr., Dsc.). «Ὁ VAR -tov [n.] piece of jewelry (com. after Poll. 5, 101, H., Phot.). *ETYM The word recalls doapov ‘hazelwort’, ἡἠδύσαρον ‘axe-weed’. Stromberg 1940: 157f. interprets σίσαρον as a reduplication of σάρον as attested in Call. Del. 225, but this is semantically improbable (cf. Frisk s.v.). WH s.v. siser compares σάρι [n.] (Thphr.), a kind of rush. Unclear. … — [Beekes, s.v. σίσαρον, p. 1386]
2. σίσαρον · sisaron — Chantraine
σίσαρον : n. «panais», Paslinaca saliva (Epich. fr. 3,27, Diocl. fr. 122, Dsc., pap.), d'où σισάριον bijou féminin (com. d'après Poll. 5,101, Hsch., Phot.). Et.: Fait penser à &oxpov, ἀρίσαρον, voir ces mots et à σάρι n. espèce de jonc (Thphr.}, enfin, à lat. siser. Hypothèse peu plausible de Strômberg, Pflanzennamen 157. Voir aussi Schmoll, Vorgriech. Sprachen Siziliens 57. — [Chantraine, s.v. σίσαρον, p. 1026]
3. σίσαρον · sisaron — Frisk
σίσαρον. Weitere Einzelheiten bei V.Schmoll Die vorgr. Sprachen Siziliens 57. — [Frisk, s.v. σίσαρον, p. 2304]
4. σίσᾰρον · sisaron — LSJ
parsnip, Pastinaca sativa
parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, Epich. 3, 27, Diocl. Fr. 122, Sammelb. 6801.23 (iii B.C.), Dsc. 2.113, Sor. 1.51.
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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