ἰβίσκος
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
ὁ, Lat. A hibiscus,= ἀλθαία, v.l. in Ps.-Dsc.3.146, Erot. s.v. ῥίζη ἀλθαίης; also written ἐβίσκος, q.v.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1235] ὁ, Eibisch, eine Art wilder Malven, Diosc.
Greek Monolingual
ο (Α ἰβίσκος και ἐβίσκος)
νεοελλ.
αγγειόσπερμο δικότυλο φυτό της τάξης μαλβώδη, οικογένεια μαλβίδες,
αρχ.
το φυτό αλθαία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. είναι δάνεια από το λατ. hibiscus, το οποίο, με τη σειρά του, είναι δάνειο πιθ. από την κελτική].
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: a kind of mallow, marsh mallow = ἀλθαία (s. on ἀλθαίνω) (v. l. in Ps.-Dsc. 3, 146, Erot.)
Other forms: Also ἐβίσκος (Gal., Aët.)
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Formed like the synonymous ἀλθίσκος and other plant-names (Chantraine Formation 407); further unclear. Identical with earlier (Verg.) Lat. (h)ibiscum (eb-), -us and in spite of the suffixes perhaps from there, in which case one thinks of Celtic origin, s. W.-Hofmann s. v. Cf. also on ἰβηρίς. Fur. 355 thinks the word comes from Greek and is Pre-Greek, where ε/ι is frequent.
Frisk Etymology German
ἰβίσκος: (v. l. in Ps.-Dsk. 3, 146, Erot.),
{ibískos}
Forms: auch ἐβίσκος (Gal., Aët.)
Meaning: eine Art Malve, Eibisch, = ἀλθαία (s. zu ἀλθαίνω).
Etymology : Wie das synonyme ἀλθίσκος und andere Pflanzennamen gebildet (Chantraine Formation 407); sonst dunkel. Mit den früher (seit Verg.) belegten lat. (h)ibiscum (eb-), -us identisch und trotz des Suffixes vielleicht daraus stammend, in welchem Falle keltischer Ursprung zu erwägen ist, s. W.-Hofmann s. v. m. Lit. Vgl. auch zu ἰβηρίς.
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