δαῦκος
μαλθακωτέρα πέπονος σικύου → softer than a ripe melon
English (LSJ)
ὁ, an umbelliferous plant growing in Crete, Athamanta
A Cretensis, Hp.Acut.23, Dsc.3.72 (who applies the name to two other species, Peucedanum Cervaria and Psychotis Amnis), POxy.1088.65, Gal.6.654; also, = σταφυλῖνος, wild carrot, Daucus Carota, Id.11.862, which is called δαῦκον, τό, by Thphr.HP9.15.5 (but, = Malabaila aurea, ib.9.15.8,9.20.2): δαύκειον, τό, Nic.Th.858,939: δαυκίν (i.e. δαυκίον), Gp.12.1.2:—also δαυχμός, Nic.Th.94 (cf. Sch. ad loc.), Al.199.
δαῦκος· ὁ θρασύς, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 524] ὁ, Pastinake, Theophr. – Aber Nic. Th. 94 (v. l. δαῦχμος) wie Al. 199 scheint es eine Art Lorbeer, vielleicht δαύχνη, vgl. ἀρχιδαυχνοφορέω.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δαῦκος: ὁ, εἶδος φυτοῦ, «δαυκί», φυόμενον ἐν Κρήτῃ, ἐν χρήσει ἐν τῇ ἰατρικῇ, Athamanta Cretensis, Ἱππ. Ὀξ. Ν. 387, Διοσκ. 3. 83· ὡσαύτως, δαῦκον, τό, Θεόφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 9. 15, 5· δαύκειον, τό, Νίκ. Θ. 858.
