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σόγκος

sogkos

sow thistle, Sonchus aspera

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What it meant

1. σόγκος · sonkos — Beekes

σόγκος, σόγχος [m.] ‘sow thistle, Sonchus aspera’ (Antiph., Thphr, etc.). « PG> . DER σογκώδης ‘like ἃ σ᾿ (Thphr.), σογχίτης [m.] ‘hawkweed, ἱεράκιον τὸ μέγα᾽ (Ps.- Dsc.). eETYM Unexplained. Considering the variation, clearly a Pre-Greek word. Fur.: 134f. compares Basque tSokofo ‘silver thistle’. — [Beekes, s.v. σόγκος, p. 1423]

2. σόγκος · sonkos — LSJ

= σόγχος 1 (q.v.).

II

in Lat. form, soncus niger,= σόγχος II, Plin. HN 22.88.

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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