ἄσκυρον

English (LSJ)

τό (also ἄσκυρος, ὁ, Hsch.),

   A St. John's wort, Hypericum perforatum, Dsc.3.155, Gal.11.829.    II = ἄλισμα, Ps.-Dsc.3.152.

German (Pape)

[Seite 372] τό, eine Art Johanniskraut, Diosc., hypericum androsaemon, Linn.

Spanish (DGE)

-ου, τό

• Alolema(s): lat. ascyron Plin.HN 27.26, 27.37
bot.
1 corazoncillo, hipérico, Hypericum perforatum L., Dsc.3.155, Ps.Dsc.3.155, Gal.11.829, Plin.HN l.c.
2 llantén de agua, alisma, Alisma plantago aquatica L. o alisma de hoja estrecha, A. lanceolatum With., Ps.Dsc.3.152.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n. (m.)
Meaning: St. John's wort, Hypericum perforatum (Dsc.). Also = ἄλισμα (Ps.-Dsc.). S. André, Lex. s.v. ascyron.
Other forms: σκύρον Nic. Th. 74
Derivatives: σκυράω go mad from eating askuron (Nic.)
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Unknown. The prothesis points to a substr. word, Fur. 373.

Frisk Etymology German

ἄσκυρον: (-ος H.)
{áskuron}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Art Johanniskraut, Hypericum (Dsk., Gal.).
Etymology : Unerklärt.
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