κάμμαρος

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English (LSJ)

ὁ, a kind of

   A lobster, Epich.60, Sophr.26, Rhinth.18:— also καμμαρίς, ίδος, ἡ, Gal.6.735.    II a kind of aconite, used as a cooling medicine, Hp.Loc.Hom.27, Stratt.21, Dsc.4.76, Nic.Al.41; also, = δελφίνιον, Ps.-Dsc.3.73; = μανδραγόρα ἄρρεν, Id.4.75. (Meaning and spelling are dub. in Hp., cf. Erot. s.v.: κάμαρος and κάμμορον were variants, the latter is v.l. in Dsc. l.c., cf. Sch.Nic. l.c.)