λύκιον
English (LSJ)
τό,
A dyer's buckthorn, Rhamnus petiolaris, found in Cappadocia and Lycia, Dsc.1.100, Plin.HN12.30, 24.125, Gal.12.63. 2 λ. ἰνδικόν, = λογχῖτις, Dsc. l. c., Gal.12.216; also λύκειον Apollon. ap. Gal.12.616. II a decoction from λ. 1.1, used medicinally, ib. 63, IG14.2406.2,4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 69] τό, eine bes. in Lycien wachsende Dornenart, sonst πυξάκανθα, Diosc. – Auch ein aus den Zweigen und Wurzeln dieser Pflanze gekochter, als Heilmittel gebrauchter Saft, Medic.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λύκιον: τό, εἶδος ἀκάνθης τῆς Λυκίας, = πυξάκανθα, Διοσκ. 1. 132, Πλίν. 24. 77. ΙΙ. ἀφέψημα ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐν χρήσει ἰατρικῇ, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 5681, 5779, κ. ἀλλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
1 nerprun des teinturiers, arbrisseau de Lycie;
2 fruit de cet arbre, employé en médecine.
Étymologie: Λύκιος.
Greek Monolingual
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: dyers buckthorn, Rharnnus petiolaris, also decoction from it (Peripl. M Rubr., Dsc., Gal.).
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]
Etymology: Perh. prop. "the Lycian (plant)" after its place of origin: Dsc. 1, 100 φύεται δε πλεῖστον ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ καὶ Λυκίᾳ, though with the addition: καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις δε τόποις πολλοῖς. Cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 122.