βλίτον
Τίς, ξένος ὦ ναυηγέ; Λεόντιχος ἐνθάδε νεκρὸν εὗρέ σ᾿ ἐπ᾿ αἰγιαλοῦ, χῶσε δὲ τῷδε τάφῳ, δακρύσας ἐπίκηρον ἑὸν βίον· οὐδὲ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἥσυχος, αἰθυίῃ δ᾿ ἶσα θαλασσοπορεῖ. → Who art thou, shipwrecked stranger? Leontichus found thee here dead on the beach, and buried thee in this tomb, weeping for his own uncertain life; for he also rests not, but travels over the sea like a gull.
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. *melHu̯- 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 .
