ἀάνθα
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
pendiente Alcm.127 (= Ar.Byz.Fr.422.).
• Etimología: De *αυσανθα, para el primer elemento cf. αὖς, para el segundo cf. quizá ἄνθος.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: εἶδος ἐνωτίου παρὰ Ἀλκμᾶνι ὡς Ἀριστοφάνης H.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Schulze Q. 38 explained it as *αὐσανθα to οὖς (doubtful), but the suffix is unclear (cf. οἰνάνθη); cf. also Bechtel Dial. 2, 366.
