ἄννησον
Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
English (LSJ)
or ἄνησσον (PSI4.422.28 (iii B.C.), Dsc.3.56), τό, anise, Pimpinella Anisum, Hdt.4.71, Hp.Acut.23, Thphr.HP1.11.2, 1.12.1 (prob.), Alex.127.7, Nic.Th.650, Phaeniasap.Ath.9.371d, POxy.1088.67 (i A.D.), Bilabel Ὀψαρτ. p.10.—ἄννισον, ἄνισον, and ἄνησον are variants in codd.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
• Alolema(s): ἄνησσον PSI 422.28 (III a.C.), Dsc.3.56; ἄννησσον PCair.Zen.292.129, 316 (III a.C.), ID 440A.64 (II d.C.); ἄννισον Alex.127.7; ἄνησον Hp.Acut.23, Mul.1.26; ἄνισον Hp.Nat.Mul.32 (p.360), Morb.3.11, An.Boiss.2.395; ἀνήσουμ Dsc.3.56; ἄννηττον Orus B 21
bot. anís, Pimpinella anisum L., Hdt.4.71, Thphr.HP 1.11.2, Nic.Th.650, PTeb.832.23 (II a.C.), POxy.1088.67 (I d.C.), PHarris 46.6 (I d.C.), Plin.HN 20.185, Colum.12.15.3, Orib.5.33.10.
• Etimología: Cf. ἄνηθον.
German (Pape)
[Seite 239] τό, u. ἄννηττον, s. ἄνησον.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
c. ἄνησον.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄννησον: ἄννητον, τό, ἴδε ἐν λ. ἄνηθον.
Greek Monolingual
(κ. άνησσον), το (Α)
βλ. άνησον.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἄννησον: τό Her. = ἄνηθον.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: anise, Pimpinella Anisum (Hp.)
Other forms: ἄνησον v.l. in codd.; ἄνησσον Dsc.; ἄννησσον inscr. Delos 2nd.c. B.C.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Prob. the same word as ἄνηθον, q.v. The variation ν/νν (and σ/σσ?) and the intervocalic σ demonstrate substr. origin.
