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|lstext='''νήριον''': τό, ἄλλως [[ῥοδοδάφνη]], Διοσκ. 4. 82, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. (προσθῆκαι) 3641β. 20.
|lstext='''νήριον''': τό, ἄλλως [[ῥοδοδάφνη]], Διοσκ. 4. 82, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. (προσθῆκαι) 3641β. 20.
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n,<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">plantname, `Nerium Oleander, oleander</b> (Dsc. 4, 81, Plin.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: May belong to <b class="b3">νηρόν</b> <b class="b2">(fresh) water</b> because of the characteristic property of this plant, to follow the course of brooks (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 113).
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Transliteration A: nḗrion Transliteration B: nērion Transliteration C: nirion Beta Code: nh/rion

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A oleander, Nerium Oleander, = ῥοδόδενδρον, Dsc.4.81, dub. in CIG3641b20 (Lampsacus).

German (Pape)

[Seite 253] τό, nerium, der Oleanderstrauch, sonst ῥοδοδάφνη, Sp., wie Diosc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νήριον: τό, ἄλλως ῥοδοδάφνη, Διοσκ. 4. 82, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. (προσθῆκαι) 3641β. 20.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n,
Meaning: plantname, `Nerium Oleander, oleander (Dsc. 4, 81, Plin.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: May belong to νηρόν (fresh) water because of the characteristic property of this plant, to follow the course of brooks (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 113).