ἀσφοδελός
From LSJ
ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time
German (Pape)
[Seite 382] Asphodelus hervorbringend; ἀσφοδελὸς λειμών, die Asphodelos-Wiese, in der Unterwelt; Hom. dreimal, κατ' ἀσφοδελὸν λειμῶνα Versende Od. 11, 539. 573. 24, 13; H. Merc. 221.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ;
adj. m.
plein d’asphodèles, où croissent les asphodèles.
Étymologie: ἀσφόδελος.
English (Autenrieth)
λειμών, the asphodel meadow, in the nether world, Od. 11.539. (The asphodel is a liliaceous plant, with pale bluish flowers; it was planted about graves in Greece by the ancients as now.) (Od.)
