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σμῖλαξ

smilax

Taxus baccata, common yew tree

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Where it lives

Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

1. σμῖλαξ · smilax — Beekes

σμῖλαξ [f., m.] ‘Taxus baccata, common yew tree’, also the name of an ivy-like weed and a leguminous plant (Att. Hell.), in Arcadia the name of an oak, ‘Quercus ilex’ (Thphr.). eVAR OAtt. μῖλαξ, -axog also μῖλος (Cratin., Thphr.), σμῖλος (Call., Nic. Dsc.) [m ‘taxus’. *DIAL Myc. mi-ra, has been intepreted as /(s)milia/, denoting the material a table is made of. eDER σμιλάκτ-ινος (Poll.), -εἰος (Theognost.) … — [Beekes, s.v. σμῖλαξ, p. 1419]

2. σμῖλαξ · smilax — Chantraine

σμῖλαξ : ν. att. μῖλαξ, -ακος f. (rarement m.) «if, ἰασιις baccata »; aussi nom du liseron épineux, smilax aspera (notamment chez les poètes), aussi nom du liseron des haies ; enfin, nom de l'yeuse en Arcadie (att., Thphr., etc.) ; autre forme μῖλος (Cratin., Thphr.}, σμῖλος (Gall, Nic., Dsc.) m. «if». On a rapproché myc. mira, (matériau dont est faite une table) en supposant une autre forme Ἐ(σ)μτλία. Dérivés : … — [Chantraine, s.v. σμῖλαξ, p. 1047]

3. σμῖλαξ · smilax — Frisk

σμῖλαξ, altatt. μῖλαξ, -axos f. (m.) “Taxus baccata, Eibe’, auch N. einer efeuähnlichen Windenart und eines Schotengewächses (att., hell. u. sp.), in Arkadien N. einer Eichenart, “Quereus ilex’ (Thphr.); auch μῖλος (Kratin., Thphr.), σμῖλος (Kall., Nik., Dsk.) m. “Eibe’. Davon σμιλάκ-ινος (Poll.), -ειος (Theognost.) “aus Eibe’. — Zu (σ)μῖλαξ: (σ)μῖλος vgl. olca& : οἷσος, ὀρόβαξ : ögoßos. Ohne Etymologie. Gegen … — [Frisk, s.v. σμῖλαξ, p. 1721]

4. σμῖλαξ · smilax — LSJ

holm-oak, Quercus Ilex, milax

in Arcadia, holm-oak, Quercus Ilex, ib. 3.16.2; milax, Plin. HN 16.19.

II yew, Taxus baccata, milax

= σμῖλος, μῖλος, yew, Taxus baccata, Pl. R. 372b, Dsc. 4.79, Plu. QConv. 2.647f; milax, Plin. HN 16.51.

III kidney-bean, Phaseolus vulgaris

σμ. κηπαία, kidney-bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, Dsc. 2.146.

IV bindweed, bindweed, Smilax aspera, great bindweed, Convolvulus sepium, Smilax aspera

bindweed, μῖλαξ in Thphr. HP 1.10.6, Plin. HN 24.83, σμῖλαξ Thphr. HP 3.18.11, 7.8.1; μ. τραχεῖα rough bindweed, Smilax aspera, Dsc. 4.142; σμ. τραχεῖα Ps.-Dsc. 4.142; μ. λεία great bindweed, Convolvulus sepium, Dsc. 4.143; σμ. λεία Ps.-Dsc. 4.143.—The σμῖλαξ or μῖλαξ of Trag. and Com. is prob. Smilax aspera (No. IV), cf. E. Ba. 108 (lyr.), 703, Ar. Nu. 1007; σμ. ἡ πολύφυλλος Eup. 14.3, cf. Ar. Av. 216 (anap.).

In the wild

σμίλακά · smilaka Septuaginta, Jeremias 26
σμῖλαξ · smilax Septuaginta, Nahum 1
σμίλακος · smilakos Xenophon, On Hunting 9.12 (DIORISIS sentence 388)

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σμῖλαξ (scan p. 1419; entry #5659).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σμῖλαξ (scan p. 1047; entry #7436).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σμῖλαξ (scan pp. 1721-1722; entry #5266).

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