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τῆλις

telis1

fenugreek, Trigonella

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What it meant

1. τῆλις · tēlis — Beekes

τῆλις, -εως, -ἰος [f.] ‘fenugreek, Trigonella’ (Hp., Thphr., pap.). *DER τήλ-ινος ‘of fenugreek’, -ov (μύρον) [n.] (Hell.); -ivn = κύτισος (Ps.-Dsc.; Stromberg 1940: 43f.), τίτης οἶνος (Gp.); on » ἐπι-τηλίς s.v.; cf. also on » τᾶλις. eETYM This plant name has no certain explanation. The older dictionaries compare Skt. tala- [m.] ‘wine-palm’, Lat. tdlea ‘stave, cutting’, OLith. talokas ‘adult daughter, τήνελλα … — [Beekes, s.v. τῆλις, p. 1529]

2. τῆλις · tēlis — Chantraine

τῆλις, τ-εως, τίος : f. «fenugrec, trigonelle» (Hp., Thphr., pap., etc.}, d'où τήλινος « de fenugrec », τήλινον ἢ. «parfum de fenugrec» (Mén., hellén., Plb., etc.) -in f. — κύτισος (Ps. Dsc.), cf. Strômberg, Pflanzennamen 43 ; τηλίτης [οἶνος] «vin parfumé au fenugrec » (Gp.), εἴ. Redard, Noms en -τῆς 100; verbe dénominatif τηλίζω «sentir comme le fenugrec » (Dsc.}. D'où ἐπιτηλίς, -ίδος f. variété de pavot, Glaucium … — [Chantraine, s.v. τῆλις, p. 1133]

3. τῆλις · tēlis — Frisk

τῆλις, -ews, -ıos f. “Bockshorn, Trigonella’ (Hp., Thphr.. Pap. u.a.). Davon τήλ-ινος "von Bockshorn’, -ον (μύρον) πῃ. (hell.u.sp.). -ίνη = κύτισος (Ps.-Dsk.; Strömberg Pfl. 43f.), -ἰτης οἷνος (Gp.; Redard 100); zu ἐπι- τηλίξ s. bes. — Daneben τἄλις, s. bes. —- Nicht sicher erklärt. Seit Bezzenberger-Fick BB 6, 238, Fick 1, 440 als altererbt mit aind, täla- m. “Weinpalme’, lat. tälea "Stäbchen, Setzling’, alit. … — [Frisk, s.v. τῆλις, p. 1864]

4. τῆλις · tēlis — LSJ

fenugreek, Trigonella Foenum-graecum

fenugreek, Trigonella Foenum-graecum, ll. cc., Thphr. HP 3.17.2, PLond. 1.131.290 (i A.D.), Dsc. 2.102, Sor. 1.56, al., Gal. 6.537, PHolm. 15.25, etc.; written τίλ- in good codd. of Gp. 2.18.11, al.

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