κνηκάνθιον

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ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale

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Transliteration A: knēkánthion Transliteration B: knēkanthion Transliteration C: knikanthion Beta Code: knhka/nqion

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A = κνῆκος, Ps.-Democr.ap Zos.Alch.p.160B.

Greek Monolingual

κνηκάνθιον, τὸ (Α)
το φυτό κνήκος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κνῆκος + -άνθιον (< ἄνθος), πρβλ. σχοιν-άνθιον, φυλλ-άνθιον].