1. τόρδῦλον · tordylon — Beekes
The corpus record
τόρδῡλον
tordulon
hartwort, Tordylium officinale
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What it meant
τόρδῦλον [n.] name of an umbelliferous plant, ‘hartwort, Tordylium officinale’ (Ruf. apud Orib., Gal., Plin.), *VAR τύλιον (Dsc.), -ikov (Nic. [-e1-], Dsc.), τίλιον (Dsc. ν.1λ. τόρνος 1495 *ETYM Unknown etymology. Fur: 367 compares dpdetAov (Nic. Th. 841), which is perhaps a mistake for το. It cannot be explained as an old variant without τ- pointing to Pre-Greek origin, pace Fur.: 391. topeiv [v.aor.] ‘to … — [Beekes, s.v. τόρδῦλον, p. 1545]
2. τόρδῡλον · tordylon — LSJ
hartwort, Tordylium officinale, tordylon
hartwort, Tordylium officinale, Ruf. ap. Orib. 7.26.118, Gal. 11.646, 13.176; tordylon, Plin. HN 24.177; cf. ὄρδειλον.
Where it came from
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