ἄμωμον
ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἐπιζητεῖν, εὑρίσκειν καί μή εἴκειν → to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield (Tennyson, Ulysses)
English (LSJ)
τό, Indian spice-plant, prob. Nepaul cardamom, Amomum subulatum, amomum, black cardamom, Arist.Fr.110, Thphr.HP9.7.2, Dsc.1.15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 147] τό, Amomum, eine indische Gewürzpflanze, cissus vitiginea, Linn. nach Sprengel, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄμωμον: τό, Λατ. amomun, Ἰνδικόν τε ἀρωματικὸν φυτόν, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 105, Θεοφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 9. 7, 2, πρβλ. Βοσσίου Οὐεργ. Ἐκλογ. (Βουκολ.) 3. 89., 4. 25.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
bot. amomo quizá Amomum cardamomum L., planta aromática y estimulante, Archil.305, Thphr.HP 9.7.2, Dsc.1.15, I.AI 20.25, Plin.HN 12.48, Verg.B.4.25, Isid.Etym.17.8.11
•producto aromático obtenido de esta planta Hp.Nat.Mul.32, Arist.Fr.110, Plaut.Truc.540, Verg.B.3.89, Apoc.18.13, POxy.2570.3a.8 (IV a.C.), esp. usado como ungüento para el pelo, Mart.5.64.3, Iuu.4.108.
• Etimología: Préstamo de alguna lengua oriental cuya identidad se desconoce.
English (Thayer)
(ἄμωμος) (μῶμος), without blemish, free from faultiness, as a victim without spot or blemish: without blemish, faultless, unblamable: L T Tr WH; Sept.; (Hesiod, Simonides, Jamblichus), Herodotus 2,177; Aeschylus Pers. 185; Theocritus, 18,25.) (Synonym: see Trench, § ciii.; Tittmann 1:29f.)
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἄμωμον: τό амом (ароматическое растение) NT.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: an Indian spice-plant, Amomum subulatum (Hp.).
Derivatives: ἀμωμίς f. false Amomum from Armenia (Dsc.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] India
Etymology: Oriental LW [loanword]. Cf. κιννάμωμον. André Lex. s.v. amomum; É. Masson Recherches 50 w. n. 3.
Frisk Etymology German
ἄμωμον: {ámōmon}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: N. einer indischen Gewürzpflanze (Hp., Arist., Thphr. usw.).
Derivative: Ableitungen: ἀμωμίς f. falsches Amomum (Dsk., Plin., Edict. Diocl.); ἀμωμίτης (λίβανος, Dsk.).
Etymology: Orientalisches LW. Vgl. κιννάμωμον.
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