νέπετος
From LSJ
Δεῖ τοὺς μὲν εἶναι δυστυχεῖς, τοὺς δ' εὐτυχεῖς → Aliis necesse est bene sit, aliis sit male → Die einen trifft das Unglück, andere das Glück
English (LSJ)
ὁ, A = καλαμίνθη, Lat. word in Gal.14.43; cf. νέπιτα· ἡ καλαμίνθη, Hsch. (Lat. nepeta.)
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: = καλαμίνθη (Gal.)
Other forms: Cf. νέπιτα ἡ καλαμίνθη H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: νεπιτα was taken from Lat. nepeta, André, Lexique s.v. Fur. 357 is prob. right when he thinks that the Latin word was taken from a Greek *νεπετα, which will be Pre-Greek.
