μάραθον
From LSJ
ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
English (LSJ)
(proparox.), τό,
A fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, D.18.260, Anaxandr.41.58, Thphr.HP1.12.2, al.: pl., Epich.156, 159:—also μᾰρᾰθ-ος, ὁ, Python 1.13, but ἡ, Lyd.Mag.1.42; of doubtful gender, Hermipp.81, Lycusap.Orib.8.32.4.
