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ἄφρισσα

From LSJ

Πενίαν φέρειν οὐ παντός, ἀλλ' ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ → Perferre inopiam non nisi sapientium est → nicht jeder meistert Armut, nur der weise Mann

Menander, Monostichoi, 463
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Full diacritics: ἄφρισσα Medium diacritics: ἄφρισσα Low diacritics: άφρισσα Capitals: ΑΦΡΙΣΣΑ
Transliteration A: áphrissa Transliteration B: aphrissa Transliteration C: afrissa Beta Code: a)/frissa

English (LSJ)

ἡ, a plant, = ἀσκληπιάς, Apul.Herb.15.

Spanish (DGE)

bot. dragontea, dragoncillo, Dracunculus vulgaris L., Schott, planta usada como vomitivo, Ps.Apul.Herb.14.9 (ap. crít.).

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: a plant = ἀσκληπιάς ' (Apul. Herb. 15).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Fur. connects ἀφία; s.v. The suffix -ισσ- a suggests Pre-Gr. word.

Frisk Etymology German

ἄφρισσα: {áphrissa}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Pflanzenname = ἀσκληπιάς, d. h. Feigwurz (Apul. Herb. 15).
Etymology: Unerklärt. Ob Bildung auf -ισσα zu ἀφρός?
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Translations

Dracunculus vulgaris

Arabic: لُوف الحَيّة‎, لُوف الجَعْد‎, لُوف جَعْدِيّ‎, لُوف أَرْقَط‎, لُوف كَبِير‎, صَرَّاخَة‎, فِيلْجُوش‎, طُرْقُنْطِيَة‎ / طَرْقِنْطِيَة‎, خُبْز الْغُرَاب‎, دْرَاقُنْطِيُون‎, قُلُبْرِيَالَّة‎; Catalan: dragoneta, colobra, dragontina, dragontea, serpentària; Finnish: kreikanlohikäärmevehka; French: gouet, serpentine / serpentaine / serpentaire, coulevrée; German: Drachenwurz; Greek: δρακοντιά; Ancient Greek: ἀγχομανές, ἄμι ἄγριον, ἄρον, ἀρωνία, ἀσκληπιάς, αὔγειον, ἄφρισσα, δορκάδιον, δρακοντία μεγάλη, δρακόντιον; Latin: dracunculus, colubrina, serpentina / serpentinaria, viperina, dracontea; Latin: Dracunculus vulgaris; Ottoman Turkish: ییلان یاصدغی‎; Persian: فیل گوش‎; Serbo-Croatian: zmijinac, zmijavčica and zmijavičica; Spanish: dragontea, zumillo, dragoneta; Turkish: yılan yastığı