γεντιανή
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A gentian, Hp.Ep.19, Dsc.3.3. [-ᾱνή Damocr. ap. Gal. 13.822, 14.97, but -ᾰνή ib.14.123.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 484] ἡ, Enzian, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γεντιᾱνή: ἡ, κοινὸν φυτὸν τῶν Ἄλπεων, Διοσκ. 3. 3. - Ὡσαύτως γεντιάς, άδος, ἡ, Ἀνδρόμ. παρὰ Γαλην.
Spanish (DGE)
(γεντιᾱνή) -ῆς, ἡ
bot.
1 genciana Damocr. en Gal.13.822, 14.97, 123, Dsc.3.3, Ruf.Interrog.10, Hsch.
2 otro n. del regaliz Dsc.3.5.
3 otro n. de la centaurea Dsc.3.6.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: a plant, Gentiana (Dsc., Hp.).
Derivatives: γεντιὰς ῥίζα (Androm. ap. Gal., Dsc.), for *γεντιανάς, Chantr. Form. 353.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Acc. to Dsc. 3, 3 after the Illyrian king Gentis which one connects with the fact that the plant grew notably in the Alps, cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 135. - On the form of the name of the Illyrian king, Gent(h)ius, s. Krahe Lex. altillyr. Personennamen 53f; also Ven. dat. χe.nθe.i.
