βλήχων: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=-ωνος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[pennyroyal]], [[Mentha pulegium]] (h. Cer.).<br />Other forms: Ion. [[γλήχων]], Dor. [[γλάχων]]; also [[βληχώ]], <b class="b3">-ους</b> (Schwyzer 479); [[βληχός]] = [[βλήχων]] (Thphr, Dsc.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[karako]] \/[[glakhon]]\/ but the reading is doubtful.<br />Derivatives: [[βληχωνίας]] <b class="b2">prepared with β</b> (Ar.); Chantr. Form. 94f. [[γληχωνίτης]] ([[οἶνος]]; Dsc.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Unknown. The variation <b class="b3">β-</b> βλήχων <b class="b3">γ-</b> could just be dissimilation (Schwyzer 299); cf. [[β]]\/[[γλέπω]]. But as the word also has no etym., and as the stem formation is strange, we rather have to do with a Pre-Gr. word. - For a folketymological connection with [[βληχάομαι]] Strömberg Pflanzennamen 155.