ἄννησον
ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
English (LSJ)
or ἄνησσον (PSI4.422.28 (iii B.C.), Dsc.3.56), τό, A anise, Pimpinella Anisum, Hdt.4.71, Hp.Acut.23, Thphr.HP1.11.2, 1.12.1 (prob.), Alex.127.7, Nic.Th.650, Phaeniasap.Ath.9.371d, POxy.1088.67 (i A.D.), Bilabel Ὀψαρτ. p.10.—ἄννισον, ἄνισον, and ἄνησον are variants in codd.
German (Pape)
[Seite 239] τό, u. ἄννηττον, s. ἄνησον.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄννησον: ἄννητον, τό, ἴδε ἐν λ. ἄνηθον.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
c. ἄνησον.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
• Alolema(s): ἄνησσον PSI 422.28 (III a.C.), Dsc.3.56; ἄννησσον PCair.Zen.292.129, 316 (III a.C.), ID 440A.64 (II d.C.); ἄννισον Alex.127.7; ἄνησον Hp.Acut.23, Mul.1.26; ἄνισον Hp.Nat.Mul.32 (p.360), Morb.3.11, An.Boiss.2.395; ἀνήσουμ Dsc.3.56; ἄννηττον Orus B 21
bot. anís, Pimpinella anisum L., Hdt.4.71, Thphr.HP 1.11.2, Nic.Th.650, PTeb.832.23 (II a.C.), POxy.1088.67 (I d.C.), PHarris 46.6 (I d.C.), Plin.HN 20.185, Colum.12.15.3, Orib.5.33.10.
• Etimología: Cf. ἄνηθον.
Greek Monolingual
(κ. άνησσον), το (Α)
βλ. άνησον.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἄννησον: τό Her. = ἄνηθον.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: anise, Pimpinella Anisum (Hp.)
Other forms: ἄνησον v.l. in codd.; ἄνησσον Dsc.; ἄννησσον inscr. Delos 2nd.c. B.C.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Prob. the same word as ἄνηθον, q.v. The variation ν\/νν (and σ\/σσ?) and the intervocalic σ demonstrate substr. origin.
