βλῆχνον
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
τό (v.l. βλῆχρον, as in Sch.Theoc.3.14, Cyr. (βλήχρα Hsch.)), = πτέρις, male fern, Aspidium Filix-mas, Dsc.4.184.
Spanish (DGE)
v. βλάχνον.
German (Pape)
[Seite 449] τό, ein Farrenkraut, Diosc. l. d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βλῆχνον: τό, εἶδος πτερίδος, Διοσκ. 4. 186.
Greek Monolingual
το
βλ. βλέχνο.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: male fern, Aspidium Filix-mas.
Other forms: also βλῆχρον (Dsc.), βλήχρα H., also βλᾶχνον (Phan. Hist), βλᾶχρον Η.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: No etymology. S. Rohlfs, Sybaris 124, Sprache 5 (1959) 175 n. 2, Glotta 38 (1959) 103. The variation r/n not from an r/n-stem (Poultney, AJPh. 41 (1970) 374), but Pre-Greek: Fur. 388.
Frisk Etymology German
βλῆχνον: {blē̃khnon}
Forms: auch βλῆχρον (Dsk., Sch.), βλήχρα H.
Grammar: n.,
Meaning: Farnkraut.
Etymology: Ohne Etymologie.
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