κρόμμυον
Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) → Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...
English (LSJ)
τό, Ep. κρόμῠον,
A onion, Allium Cepa, κρομύοιο λοπόν Od.19.233; κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον Il.11.630, cf. Hdt.2.125, 4.17; freq. in Ar., Lys.798, etc.; κελεύω κρόμμυα ἐσθίειν, = κλαίειν κελεύω, Bias ap.D.L.1.83. 2 τὰ κ. the onion-market, Eup.304. II κ. σχιστόν, a variety of Allium Cepa, shallot, Thphr.HP7.4.7. (Written κρόμμυον in PCair.Zen.269.4, 300.3, PSI4.332.13, PPetr.3p.328 (all iii B. C.), freq. in codd. (confirmed by metre in Ar., etc.); κρόμυον Hom. ll.cc. (perh. metri gr.), POxy.1584.23 (ii A. D.), Stud.Pal. 22.75.8 (iii A. D.), etc.: prob. assim. fr. κρέμμυον, cf. place-name Κρεμμυών B.17.24, etc.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κρόμμυον: τό, ἴδε ἐν λ. κρόμυον.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
oignon, plante.
Étymologie: DELG vieux terme que l’on retrouve en celt., balt., germ. et slave.
Spanish
Greek Monotonic
κρόμμυον: τό, βλ. κρόμυον.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κρόμμῠον: эп. κρόμυον τό бот. лук (Allium сера) Hom., Her., Arph. etc.: κρόμμυα ἐσθίειν Diog. L. есть лук, перен. плакать.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
κρόμμυον -ου, τό, ep. Ion. κρόμυον, ui (groente):. κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον een ui als hapje bij de drank Il. 11.630.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: onion, Allium Cepa (IA.).
Other forms: also κρόμυον (Λ 630, τ 233, Philem. 122; s. below), κρόμβυον (pap.; < -μμ-, cf. Schwyzer 231).
Compounds: Compp., e.g. κρομμυο-πώλης onion-handler (pap.).
Derivatives: Diminut. κρομ(μ)ύδιον (Gp., Sch.).
Origin: Substr. Eur.X[probably]
Etymology: Old name of the onion and garlic, which is also attested in Celtic, Germanic and Balto-Slavic, e.g. MIr. crim, Welsh. craf garlic, OE hramsan (pl.), NEngl. ramsons wood-garlic, NHG (Bair.) rams id., Lith. kermùšė wilde garlic, Russ. čeremšá (Germ.) Bärenlauch, Allium ursinum. The e-vowel of Celtic and Balto-Slavic appears also in κρέμυον (H.) and in GN Κρεμμυών (beside Κρομμ-; around Corinth); so κρομ- (= Germ. hram-) with J. Schmidt KZ 32, 346 (Schwyzer 255 f.) from assimilation in κρεμ-? Also as regards the stemformation the languages agree: IE(?). *kremus-, *kromus-, *kermus- (on krem- : kerm- cf. on βρέφος); only the Celt. forms are not quite clear. (Here also (Illyr.?) GN Cremōna (Venetia), s. Krahe Die Spr. d. Illyrier 1, 104.). The widespread geminate -μμ- is unexplained (pace Schwyzer Glotta 5, 194). - Pok. 580 f., Fraenkel Wb. s. kermùšė, Vasmer Wb. s. čeremšá. On the facts Schrader-Nehring Reallexikon 2, 710ff. - Beekes, 125 Jahre Idg. in Graz (2000) 29 considers the word as non-IE.
