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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[blite]], [[Amaranthus Blitum]] (Hp.).<br />Derivatives: A few denigrating designations of persons: <b class="b3">βλιτάς</b> f. <b class="b2">old woman</b>, <b class="b3">βλιτο-μάμμας</b> meaning uncertain (Ar. Nub. 1001; or to <b class="b3">μέλι</b>?), <b class="b3">βλίτωνας τοὺς εὑήθεις</b> H. - Loanword Lat. [[blitum]] [[blite]], also [[bliteus]] [[tasteless]], [[foolish]] (Plaut.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unknown. - Not as <b class="b3">*μλ-ιτον</b> to [[μύλη]], [[ἀμαλδύνω]] .
|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[blite]], [[Amaranthus Blitum]] (Hp.).<br />Derivatives: A few denigrating designations of persons: <b class="b3">βλιτάς</b> f. [[old woman]], <b class="b3">βλιτο-μάμμας</b> meaning uncertain (Ar. Nub. 1001; or to <b class="b3">μέλι</b>?), <b class="b3">βλίτωνας τοὺς εὑήθεις</b> H. - Loanword Lat. [[blitum]] [[blite]], also [[bliteus]] [[tasteless]], [[foolish]] (Plaut.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unknown. - Not as <b class="b3">*μλ-ιτον</b> to [[μύλη]], [[ἀμαλδύνω]] .
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Transliteration A: blíton Transliteration B: bliton Transliteration C: vliton Beta Code: bli/ton

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A blite, Amaranthus Blitum, Hp.Vict.2.54, 3.75:—written βλῆτον Id.Aff.41, Thphr.HP1.14.2, Dsc.2.117: in pl., Thcopomp.Com.62, Diph.14.

German (Pape)

[Seite 449] τό, Küchengewächs, Melde, Theophr.; Theop. com. Ath. XIV, 649 b u. A.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βλίτον: τό, εἶδος φυτοῦ, λάχανόν τι, Θεόπομπ. Κωμ. Φιν. 1, Θεόφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 1. 14, 2· κατὰ πληθ., Δίφιλ. ἐν Ἀπλ. 1.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
blette, plante.
Étymologie: DELG étym. incertaine.

Spanish (DGE)

-ου, τό

• Alolema(s): βλίτος Sud.

• Prosodia: [-ῐ-]
bot. bledo, blito, Amaranthus blitum L., planta usada en medic. para entonar el cuerpo, Hp.Aff.41, Vict.2.54, 3.75, Gal.12.529, 532, 17(2).303, 18(2).406, usado antes de la bebida de sobremesa νῦν δεῖ περιόντα πέπερι καὶ καρπὸν βλίτου ζητεῖν Antiph.275, gener. considerada insípida y de poco valor, Theopomp.Com.63.1, Diph.14, Thphr.HP 1.14.2, 7.1.2, Plaut.Ps.815, Varro Sat.Men.163, Plin.HN 20.252, Dsc.2.117.

• Etimología: Se postula gener. *μλ-ιτον de la r. *melH- de μύλη, ἀμαλδύνω, etc., en grado ø y c. i ante dental, cf. ai. mrit-syá-ti ‘deshacerse’.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: blite, Amaranthus Blitum (Hp.).
Derivatives: A few denigrating designations of persons: βλιτάς f. old woman, βλιτο-μάμμας meaning uncertain (Ar. Nub. 1001; or to μέλι?), βλίτωνας τοὺς εὑήθεις H. - Loanword Lat. blitum blite, also bliteus tasteless, foolish (Plaut.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown. - Not as *μλ-ιτον to μύλη, ἀμαλδύνω .

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

βλίτον -ου, τό [~ μύλη amaranthus (plant).

Frisk Etymology German

βλίτον: {blíton}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Melde (Hp., Kom., Thphr., Dsk.).
Derivative: Davon einige volkstümliche und herabsetzende Personenbezeichnungen: βλιτάς f. altes Weib, βλιτομάμμας Schimpfname unsicherer Bedeutung (Ar. Nub. 1001; oder zu μέλι?), βλίτωνας· τοὺς εὐήθεις H. — Daraus entlehnt lat. blitum Melde, als Bed.-LW auch bliteus abgeschmackt, blöde, albern, beide seit Plaut.
Etymology : Unklar. — Von Persson Beiträge 1, 213 und Anderen als *μλιτον zu μύλη, ἀμαλδύνω (s. dd.) usw. gezogen mit Hinweis auf nhd. Melde zu idg. mel-dh-.
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