ἐπιμήδιον
Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god
English (LSJ)
τό, an unidentified plant, Dsc.4.19, etc. Epimedium, barrenwort, bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, yin yang huo.
German (Pape)
[Seite 962] τό, eine Pflanze, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιμήδιον: τό, Epimedium alpinum, «ἐπιμήδιον οἱ δὲ ἐρινεός, οἱ δὲ θρυάς, οἱ δὲ πολύρριζον, Ῥωμαῖοι οὐϊνδίκτα καυλός ἐστιν οὐ μέγας, κισσῷ παραπλήσια ἔχων φύλλα ὅσον ι΄ ἢ ιβ΄, οὔτε δὲ καρπὸν οὔτε ἄνθος φέρει· ῥίζαι δὲ λεπταί, οὗ μέγας, κισσῷ παραπλήσια ἔχων φύλλα ὅσον ι΄ ἢ ιβ΄, οὔτε δὲ καρπὸν οὔτε ἄνθος φέρει· ῥίζαι δὲ λεπταί, μέλαιναι, βαρύοσμοι, γευσαμένῳ μωραὶ» Διοσκ. 4. 19, κλ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: a plant (Dsc., Gal.)
Derivatives: also -ίς -ίδος f. a kind of medlar (mespilus germanica) or pear' (Dsc., Gal. a. o.) von μῆλον because of the resemblance to the apple. Strömberg Wortstudien 32f.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Also the property of the plant as parasie (?; Schmarotzerpflanze) may have caused the name; cf. synonymoaus ἁμαμηλίς and ὁμομηλίς.
See also: s. μήδιον
