The corpus record

θρῐδᾰκ-ίνη

thridakine · ἡ

lettuce, wild lettuce, Lactuca Scariola, sea-lettuce

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What it meant — LSJ

lettuce

lettuce, Cratin. 330, Hp. Mul. 2.136, Amphis 20, Eub. 14, Thphr. HP 1.12.2; θ. ἥμερος ib. 7.6.2.

2 wild lettuce, Lactuca Scariola

wild lettuce, Lactuca Scariola, Id. l.c.; ἡ πικρὰ θ. ib. 9.11.10; in this signf., opp. θρίδαξ, Gal. 13.387, Hellad. ap. Phot. Bibl. p.532B.

3 sea-lettuce

sea-lettuce, a kind of sea-weed, Aët. 12.42 (pl.).

II cake

fem. Adj. (sc. μᾶζα), a kind of cake, Luc. Lex. 3, Ath. 3.114f, Hellad. l.c.

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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