ἐπιμήδιον

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Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master

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Full diacritics: ἐπιμήδιον Medium diacritics: ἐπιμήδιον Low diacritics: επιμήδιον Capitals: ΕΠΙΜΗΔΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: epimḗdion Transliteration B: epimēdion Transliteration C: epimidion Beta Code: e)pimh/dion

English (LSJ)

τό, an unidentified plant, Dsc.4.19, etc. Epimedium, barrenwort, bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, yin yang huo.

German (Pape)

[Seite 962] τό, eine Pflanze, Diosc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπιμήδιον: τό, Epimedium alpinum, «ἐπιμήδιον οἱ δὲ ἐρινεός, οἱ δὲ θρυάς, οἱ δὲ πολύρριζον, Ῥωμαῖοι οὐϊνδίκτα καυλός ἐστιν οὐ μέγας, κισσῷ παραπλήσια ἔχων φύλλα ὅσον ι΄ ἢ ιβ΄, οὔτε δὲ καρπὸν οὔτε ἄνθος φέρει· ῥίζαι δὲ λεπταί, οὗ μέγας, κισσῷ παραπλήσια ἔχων φύλλα ὅσον ι΄ ἢ ιβ΄, οὔτε δὲ καρπὸν οὔτε ἄνθος φέρει· ῥίζαι δὲ λεπταί, μέλαιναι, βαρύοσμοι, γευσαμένῳ μωραὶ» Διοσκ. 4. 19, κλ.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: a plant (Dsc., Gal.)
Derivatives: also -ίς -ίδος f. a kind of medlar (mespilus germanica) or pear' (Dsc., Gal. a. o.) von μῆλον because of the resemblance to the apple. Strömberg Wortstudien 32f.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Also the property of the plant as parasie (?; Schmarotzerpflanze) may have caused the name; cf. synonymoaus ἁμαμηλίς and ὁμομηλίς.
See also: s. μήδιον

Frisk Etymology German

ἐπιμήδιον: {epimḗdion}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Pflanzenname (Dsk., Gal.), wegen der Ähnlichkeit mit der Pflanze μήδιον (Campanula);
Derivative: ebenso ἐπιμηλίς, -ίδος f. Mistel (Dsk., Gal. u. a.) von μῆλον wegen ihrer Ähnlichkeit mit dem Apfelbaum. Strömberg Wortstudien 32f.
Etymology : Auch die Eigenschaft der Mistel als Schmarotzerpflanze kann den Namen hervorgerufen haben; vgl. die synonymen ἁμαμηλίς und ὁμομηλίς.
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