ἀμανῖται
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
[ᾰμ], ῶν, οἱ,
A 'champignons', a kind of fungus, Nic.Fr.79, Gal.6.656, Eust.290.3, etc. ἀμάνορες· δοθιῆνες (Elean), Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 115] οἱ, Erdschwämme, Nic. bei Ath. II, 61 a.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀμᾱνῖται: [ᾰμ], ῶν, οἱ, εἶδος μυκήτων, «μανιταρίων», «μύκητας ἀμανίτας τότ’ ἀφεύσαις», Νίκανδρ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 61Α, Εὐστ. 290. 3, κτλ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m. pl.
Meaning: kind of mushroom (Nic.)
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Perhaps derived from a place-name, e.g. the mountain ῎Αμανος in Asia Minor, but there were more (Koukoules Ep. Et. Byz. 17, 1948, 75; Chantraine R.Ph.1965, 201-3. For the suffix cf. ἀκονῖτον, βωλίτης. The gloss ἀμάνορες δοθιῆνες (`small abscess, boil') H. may be unrelated.
