ἀθραγένη
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A smoke-wood, Clematis Vitalba, Thphr.HP5.9.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 47] ἡ, eine Pflanze, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀθραγένη: ἡ, εἶδος δένδρου ἐξ οὗ ἐλαμβάνετο προσάναμμα, (ἴσκα), Θεοφρ. Ι. Φ. 5. 9, 6.
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
bot. clemátide, vidarra, Clematis vitalba L., Thphr.HP 5.9.6, Ign.64.
• Etimología: Varias hipótesis, todas inseguras. Para unos rel. c. θραγμός, q.u.; para otros es ide. pregriego.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: a plant, Clematis vitalba (Thphr.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Frisk compares ἄθρας, which would fit "zu einem Schlinggewächs", but I don't see what a car has to do with it. See Strömberg Pflanzennamen 108. Fur. 288 compares ἀνδράχνη and concludes to substr. origin (prenasalization), which is anyhow prob.
Frisk Etymology German
ἀθραγένη: {athragénē}
Meaning: Pflanzenname, Clematis vitalba (Thphr.).
Etymology : Morphologisch ganz dunkel. Das Vorderelement ἀθρα- erinnert an das folgende Wort und würde zu einem Schlinggewächs nicht schlecht passen. Andere Deutungsversuche bei Strömberg Pflanzennamen 108.
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