νήριον
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
English (LSJ)
τό,
A oleander, Nerium Oleander, = ῥοδόδενδρον, Dsc.4.81, dub. in CIG3641b20 (Lampsacus).
German (Pape)
[Seite 253] τό, nerium, der Oleanderstrauch, sonst ῥοδοδάφνη, Sp., wie Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νήριον: τό, ἄλλως ῥοδοδάφνη, Διοσκ. 4. 82, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. (προσθῆκαι) 3641β. 20.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n,
Meaning: plantname, `Nerium Oleander, oleander (Dsc. 4, 81, Plin.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: May belong to νηρόν (fresh) water because of the characteristic property of this plant, to follow the course of brooks (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 113).
Frisk Etymology German
νήριον: {nḗrion}
Grammar: n,
Meaning: Pflanzenname Nerium Oleander, Rosenlorbeer (Dsk. 4, 81, Plin.).
Etymology : Kann zu νηρόν ‘(frisches) Wasser’ gehören wegen der charakteristischen Eigenschaft dieser Pflanze, die Läufe der Bäche zu begleiten (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 113).
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