σεῖστρος
ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A yellow-rattle, narrow-leaved rattle, greater yellow-rattle, Rhinanthus major, Rhinanthus angustifolius growing in the Scamander, Arist.Mir.846a34, cf. Ps.-Plu.Fluv.13.2 (οίστρος codd.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σεῖστρος: -ου, ὁ, φυτόν τι ὅμοιον ὀρόβω, καί φυόμενον παρὰ τὸν Σκάμανδον Ἀριστ. π. Θαυμασ. 160 (Βεκκῆρ. σίστρ.), πρβλ. Πλούτ. 2 1157Ε.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
sorte de plante.
Étymologie: DELG σείω.
Greek Monolingual
ὁ, και σίτρος, ἡ, Α σείω
ποώδες φυτό.
Wikipedia EN
Rhinanthus angustifolius, the narrow-leaved rattle or greater yellow-rattle, is a plant species of the genus Rhinanthus. It is an annual wildflower native to temperate grasslands in much of Europe, and north and central Western Asia. The yellow flowers are mostly visited by bumblebees.
