χαμαίδρυς

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ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)

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Transliteration A: chamaídrys Transliteration B: chamaidrys Transliteration C: chamaidrys Beta Code: xamai/drus

English (LSJ)

ῠος, ἡ,

   A germander, Teucrium Chamaedrys, Thphr.HP9.9.5, Dsc.3.98, Plin.HN24.130; gen. sg. written χαμέτρυος BKT3p.32 (v/vi A. D.).    2 = τεύκριον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.97.    3 = σκόρδιον, ib.111; also χᾰμαί-ρωψ (q. v.).