βλίτον
Δίκαιος ἐὰν ᾖς, πανταχοῦ τῷ τρόπῳ χρήσῃ νόμῳ († λαληθήσῃ) → Si iustus es pro lege tibi mores erunt → Bist du gerecht, ist dein Charakter dir Gesetz (wirst du in aller Munde sein)
English (LSJ)
τό,
A blite, Amaranthus Blitum, Hp.Vict.2.54, 3.75:—written βλῆτον Id.Aff.41, Thphr.HP1.14.2, Dsc.2.117: in pl., Thcopomp.Com.62, Diph.14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 449] τό, Küchengewächs, Melde, Theophr.; Theop. com. Ath. XIV, 649 b u. A.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βλίτον: τό, εἶδος φυτοῦ, λάχανόν τι, Θεόπομπ. Κωμ. Φιν. 1, Θεόφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 1. 14, 2· κατὰ πληθ., Δίφιλ. ἐν Ἀπλ. 1.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
blette, plante.
Étymologie: DELG étym. incertaine.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
• Alolema(s): βλίτος Sud.
• Prosodia: [-ῐ-]
bot. bledo, blito, Amaranthus blitum L., planta usada en medic. para entonar el cuerpo, Hp.Aff.41, Vict.2.54, 3.75, Gal.12.529, 532, 17(2).303, 18(2).406, usado antes de la bebida de sobremesa νῦν δεῖ περιόντα πέπερι καὶ καρπὸν βλίτου ζητεῖν Antiph.275, gener. considerada insípida y de poco valor, Theopomp.Com.63.1, Diph.14, Thphr.HP 1.14.2, 7.1.2, Plaut.Ps.815, Varro Sat.Men.163, Plin.HN 20.252, Dsc.2.117.
• Etimología: Se postula gener. *μλ-ιτον de la r. *melHu̯- de μύλη, ἀμαλδύνω, etc., en grado ø y c. i ante dental, cf. ai. mrit-syá-ti ‘deshacerse’.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: blite, Amaranthus Blitum (Hp.).
Derivatives: A few denigrating designations of persons: βλιτάς f. old woman, βλιτο-μάμμας meaning uncertain (Ar. Nub. 1001; or to μέλι?), βλίτωνας τοὺς εὑήθεις H. - Loanword Lat. blitum blite, also bliteus tasteless, foolish (Plaut.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown. - Not as *μλ-ιτον to μύλη, ἀμαλδύνω .
