The corpus record

τῐθύμαλλος

tithumallos

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Where it lives

Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k

What it meant

1. τιθύμαλλος · tithymallos — Chantraine

τιθύμαλλος : m. (com., Thphr., Dsc., Pline), au pluriel aussi ἢ, -« {AP) «euphorbe, Euphorbia Peplus »; -ἰς f. nom de certaines variétés, notamment l’euphorbe maritime (Dsc., Ps. Dsc., etc.) ; voir Strümberg, Pflanzennamen 19 et André, Lexique s.u. tithymallus. Et.: Obscure. On a supposé une forme à redoublement et évoqué θυμελαία, cf. Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. 1, 423, — [Chantraine, s.v. τιθύμαλλος, p. 1137]

2. τῐθύμαλλος · tithymallos — LSJ

spurge, Euphorbia Peplus

spurge, Euphorbia Peplus, Cratin. 325 (lyr.), Ar. Ec. 405, Thphr. HP 9.8.2, PHolm. 5.24, 25.1: heterocl. pl. τιθύμαλλα AP 9.217 (Muc. Scaev.).--Seven kinds are enumerated by Dsc. 4.164; τ. ἄρρην, = χαρακίας, l.c., cf. Thphr. HP 9.11.8; τ. θῆλυς, = μυρσινίτης or μυρτίτης, ib. 9.11.9, Dsc. l.c.; used for poisoning water in warfare, Afric. Cest. p.15 V.

In the wild

τιθύμαλλον · tithymallon Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 305)

Where it came from

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