ἐπιτηλίς
From LSJ
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A horned poppy, Glaucium fiavum, Nic.Th.852.
German (Pape)
[Seite 992] μήκων, der Schoten wie die des Bockshorns hat, Nic. Th. 852.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιτηλίς: -ίδος, ἡ, ἔχουσα κεράτιον ὡς θήκην τῶν σπόρων της, ἐπιτηλὶς μήκων = μήκων κερατῖτις, «παπαροῦνα» φέρουσα τὸν σπόρον αὐτῆς ἐντὸς κερατίων, Νικ. Θ. 852.
Frisk Etymological English
-ίδος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: horned poppy, Glaucium flavum (Nic. Th. 852).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Because of the resemblance to τῆλις Trigonella; Strömberg Wortstudien 33; cf. on ἐπιμήδιον.
