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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[Iris foetidissima]] (Thphr.)<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">ξιρίς</b> (Dsc. 4, 22); and <b class="b3">σῖρις</b> or <b class="b3">σίρις</b> (EM. 209, 35). <b class="b3">ξυρίς</b> (Dsc., Plin. Gal.); <b class="b3">ξειρίς</b> (Ar., Hesych.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Frisk doubts (s.v. <b class="b3">ξυρ-</b>) which is the original form (<b class="b3">ξιρ-</b> or <b class="b3">ξυρ-</b>); DELG thinks that <b class="b3">ξυρ-</b> could be due to folketymology (referring to Stömberg, Pflanzennamen 44); the form <b class="b3">σιρις</b> suggests that <b class="b3">ξιρ-</b> is the oldest form. The variants point to Pre-Greek. | ||
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Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: Iris foetidissima (Thphr.)
Other forms: Also ξιρίς (Dsc. 4, 22); and σῖρις or σίρις (EM. 209, 35). ξυρίς (Dsc., Plin. Gal.); ξειρίς (Ar., Hesych.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Frisk doubts (s.v. ξυρ-) which is the original form (ξιρ- or ξυρ-); DELG thinks that ξυρ- could be due to folketymology (referring to Stömberg, Pflanzennamen 44); the form σιρις suggests that ξιρ- is the oldest form. The variants point to Pre-Greek.
