ζιζάνιον
Ἡ γὰρ σιωπὴ τοῖς σοφοῖσιν ἀπόκρισις → Silentiumque sapienti est responsio → Denn Schweigen ist für Weise deutlicher Bescheid
English (LSJ)
τό, a weed that grows in wheat,
A = αἶρα 11, prob. darnel, Lolium temulentum, Gp.2.43, EM411.46: pl., Ev.Matt.13.25, Gp. 10.87.1. (Cf. Sumer. zizân 'wheat'.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1140] τό, Unkraut im Getreide, = αἶρα, Geop., XLL.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζιζάνιον: τό, = αἶρα ΙΙ., Λατ. zizanium, lolium, Γεωπ. 2. 43, Ε. Μ.· ὡσαύτως ἐν τῷ πληθ., Εὐαγγ. κ. Ματθ. ιγ΄, 25, Γεωπ. 10. 87.
English (Strong)
of uncertain origin; darnel or false grain: tares.
English (Thayer)
ζιζανιου, τό (doubtless a word of Semitic origin; Arabic <BITMAP:Arabic3>, Syriac)NzYz (see Schaaf, Lex. under the word, p. 148), Talmud זֲוָנִין or זוּנִין; Suidas ζιζάνιον. ἡ ἐν τῷ σίτῳ αἰρα), zizanium (A. V. tares), a kind of darnel, bastard wheat (but see references below), resembling wheat except that the grains are black: Geoponica (for references see B. D. American edition, p. 3177 note)). Cf. Winer s RWB under the word Lolch; Furrer in Schenkel B. L. 4:57; (B. D., and Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, under the word <TOPIC:Tares>).
