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σκόλῠμ-ος

skolumos

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What it meant

1. σκόλυμος · skolymos — Beekes

σκόλυμος [m.] name of a kind of thistle with an edible flower base, “Scolymus hispanicus, artichoke, Cynara scolymus’ (Hes., Alc, Arist., etc.); on the mg. see Dawkins JHS 56 (1936): 6. «ΝΑΙ σκόλυμον (Zonar.). On σκόλυβος, see below. *DER σκολυμ-ώδης ‘like o.’ (Thphr.). *ETYM A variant of this word can be found in σκόλυβος: ὁ ἐσθιόμενος βολβός ‘edible onion’ (H.). The variation B/, is a well-known Pre-Greek … — [Beekes, s.v. σκόλυμος, p. 1408]

2. σκόλυμος · skolymos — Chantraine

σκόλυμος : m. (aussi f. et -ov n.) « scolyme, cardousse », variété de cardon comestible {Hés., Alc., Arist., etc.}, glosé chez Hsch. λάχανον ἄγριον ἀκανθῶδες, cf. Dawkins, — 102] -- JHS 56, 1936, 6; d'où σκολυμώδης «qui ressemble au cardon » (Thphr.). — [Chantraine, s.v. σκόλυμος, p. 1040]

3. σκόλῠμ-ος · skolym-os — LSJ

golden thistle, Scolymus hispanicus

golden thistle, Scolymus hispanicus, Hes. Op. 582, Alc. 39, Com.Adesp. in PTeb. 693.21, Thphr. HP 6.4.3, Arist. Pr. 879a28.

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= κυνόγλωσσον, Ps.-Dsc. 4.127.

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