νάρδος

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A spikenard, Nardostachys Jatamansi, Thphr.HP9.7.2, Nic. Th.604, LXX Ca.1.12, Ev.Marc.14.3; ν. Ἰνδική Dsc.1.7, etc.; νάρδου στάχυς Gal.12.84, al.; cf. sq.    2 ν. Κελτική Celtic nard, Valeriana celtica, Dsc.1.8, cf. Plin.HN14.107.    3 ν. ὀρεινή or ὀρεία mountain nard, Valeriana Dioscoridis, Dsc.1.9 (cf. Thphr.HP 9.7.4).    4 ν. Συριακή Syrian nard, Cymbopogon Iwarancusa, Dsc. 1.7, cf. Plin.HN12.45.    5 νάρδου ῥίζα ginger grass, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus, Arr.An.6.22, cf. 7.20.    6 ν. ἀγρία, = ἄσαρον, Dsc. 1.10; = φοῦ, ib.11.    II oil of spikenard, PSI6.628.7 (iii B.C.), AP6.250 (Antiphil.), Aret.CD2.2, etc.; ν. Βαβυλωνιακή Alex.308. (Semitic word, cf. Bab. lardu.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 229] ἡ, Narde, eine Pflanze, aus deren ährenförmiger Blüthe das wohlriechende Nardenöl bereitet wurde, Diosc.; Nic. Al. 402. – Auch das Nardenöl selbst, νάρδος ὑπὸ γλαυκῆς κλειομένη ὑάλου, Antiphil. 6 (VI, 250).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νάρδος: ἡ, Λατ. nardus, φυτόν τι καλούμενον καὶ νάρδου στάχυς ἢ ναρδόσταχυς (Γαλην.), Λατ. nardostachyon, spica nardi ἐν χρήσει πρὸς κατασκευὴν εὐώδους βαλσάμου ἢ μύρου τὸ αὐτὸ ὄνομα φέροντος, ἀνῆκον δὲ εἰς τὴν τάξιν Valerianaceae, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 9. 7, 2, Διοσκ. 1. 6-8, πρβλ. Sibth. Fl. Gr. 1. 24. II. αὐτὸ τὸ ἔλαιον τῆς νάρδου, Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 250, Ἀρετ. Χρον. Νούσ. Θεραπ. 2. 2, κτλ.· ἴδε Βαβυλωνιακὴ Ἄλεξις ἐν Ἀδήλ. 55. (Λέξις σημιτικὴ κατὰ τὸν Pusey, Daniel παράρτ. G).

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ἡ) :
1 nard, sorte de valériane, plante;
2 huile de nard.
Étymologie: DELG emprunt sémit.

Spanish

nardo, aceite de nardos

English (Strong)

of foreign origin (compare נֵרְדְּ); "nard": (spike-)nard.

English (Thayer)

νάρδου, ἡ (a Sanskrit word (cf. Fick as in Löw below); Hebrew נֵרְדְּ, nard, the head or spike of a fragrant East Indian plant belonging to the genus Valeriana, which yields a juice of delicious odor which the ancients used (either pure or mixed) in the preparation of a most precious ointment; hence,
b. nard oil or ointment; so Winer, RWB under the word Narde; Rüetschi in Herzog x., p. 203; Furrer in Schenkel, p. 286f; (Löw, Aramäische Pflanzennamen (Leip. 1881), § 316, p. 368f; Royle in Alex.'s Kitto under the word Nerd; Birdwood in the ' Bible Educator' ii. 152).