ἄκινος
Βέλτιόν ἐστι σῶμά γ' ἢ ψυχὴν νοσεῖν → It is better to be sick in respect to the body than in respect to the soul → Deterior animi morbus es quam corporis → Am Körper krank zu sein ist besser als an der Seel'
German (Pape)
[Seite 73] ὁ, eine Pflanze mit wohlriechender Blume, dem basilicum ähnlich, Dioscor.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄκῐνος: ὁ, εἶδος βασιλικοῦ πυκνοφύλλου καὶ λίαν εὐώδους, Διοσκ. 3. 50.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ἡ
bot.
1 albahaca de monte, Acinos rotundifolius Pers., Andro en Ath.680d, Anon.Med. en POxy.1384.31; cf. tb. ἄκονος.
2 mejorana, Origanum majorana L., Ps.Apul.Herb.add.221.23.
• Etimología: Prob. préstamo de una lengua pregr.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: wild basil, Calamintha graveolens (Dsc. 3, 43)
Other forms: also ἄκονος ib.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: The vowel interchange, though rare, may point to a substr. word, Fur. 191.
