ἄλισμα
ἔνδον σκάπτε, ἔνδον ἡ πηγή τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καί ἀεί ἀναβλύειν δυναμένη, ἐάν ἀεί σκάπτῃς → Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. | Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
English (LSJ)
τό, water-plantain, Alisma plantago, Dsc.3.152.
German (Pape)
[Seite 98] τό, eine Wasserpflanze, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄλισμα: τό, ἔνυδρόν τι φυτόν, Alisma Parnassifolia ἢ Plantago, Διοσκ. 3. 169.
Spanish (DGE)
-ματος, τό
• Grafía: dud. graf. ἄλιμα Sud.s.u. ἄλειμμα
bot. llantén de agua, Alisma plantago-aquatica L., Dsc.3.152, Gal.11.861, Sud.l.c. (pero cf. ἅλιμος 2).
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: water-plantain, Alisma Plantago (Dsc. 3, 152).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Does not contain ἅλς. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 115.
