ἁλικάκκαβος
From LSJ
φέρουσα κατακρύπτει ἐς τὸ ἀφραστότατόν οἱ ἐφαίνετο εἶναι → wherefore she bore it away and hid it where she thought it would be hardest to find
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Grafía: graf. -κακα- Anecd.Plant.10.148, 156
bot. alquequenje, Ps.Dsc.4.72, Ps.Apul.Herb.75.16, Anecd.Plant.ll.cc., tb. ἁλικάκκαβον q.u.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: plant name, Physalis Alkekengi (Dsc., BGU 1 120, 37),
Other forms: -κάκαβος?, -κάκαβον? Cf. ἁλικάκκαβα. ὁ τοῦ λωτοῦ καρπός. καὶ πόας εἶδος H.
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]
Etymology: Plant of which the fruit resembles a κάκκαβος; ἁλι- salt, i.e. salt-cellar ? Amigues, J. Savants 1984, 151-154.
