ἄμωμον
νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον → wife unwed and virgin that is no virgin | bride that is no bride, virgin that is virgin no more | virgin wife and widowed maid | unwed bride and ravished virgin
English (LSJ)
τό, Indian spice-plant, prob. Nepaul cardamom, Amomum subulatum, amomum, black cardamom, Arist.Fr.110, Thphr.HP9.7.2, Dsc.1.15.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
bot. amomo quizá Amomum cardamomum L., planta aromática y estimulante, Archil.305, Thphr.HP 9.7.2, Dsc.1.15, I.AI 20.25, Plin.HN 12.48, Verg.B.4.25, Isid.Etym.17.8.11
•producto aromático obtenido de esta planta Hp.Nat.Mul.32, Arist.Fr.110, Plaut.Truc.540, Verg.B.3.89, Apoc.18.13, POxy.2570.3a.8 (IV a.C.), esp. usado como ungüento para el pelo, Mart.5.64.3, Iuu.4.108.
• Etimología: Préstamo de alguna lengua oriental cuya identidad se desconoce.
German (Pape)
[Seite 147] τό, Amomum, eine indische Gewürzpflanze, cissus vitiginea, Linn. nach Sprengel, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄμωμον: τό, Λατ. amomun, Ἰνδικόν τε ἀρωματικὸν φυτόν, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 105, Θεοφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 9. 7, 2, πρβλ. Βοσσίου Οὐεργ. Ἐκλογ. (Βουκολ.) 3. 89., 4. 25.
English (Thayer)
(ἄμωμος) (μῶμος), without blemish, free from faultiness, as a victim without spot or blemish: without blemish, faultless, unblamable: L T Tr WH; Sept.; (Hesiod, Simonides, Jamblichus), Herodotus 2,177; Aeschylus Pers. 185; Theocritus, 18,25.) (Synonym: see Trench, § ciii.; Tittmann 1:29f.)
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἄμωμον: τό амом (ароматическое растение) NT.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: an Indian spice-plant, Amomum subulatum (Hp.).
Derivatives: ἀμωμίς f. false Amomum from Armenia (Dsc.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] India
Etymology: Oriental LW [loanword]. Cf. κιννάμωμον. André Lex. s.v. amomum; É. Masson Recherches 50 w. n. 3.
Frisk Etymology German
ἄμωμον: {ámōmon}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: N. einer indischen Gewürzpflanze (Hp., Arist., Thphr. usw.).
Derivative: Ableitungen: ἀμωμίς f. falsches Amomum (Dsk., Plin., Edict. Diocl.); ἀμωμίτης (λίβανος, Dsk.).
Etymology: Orientalisches LW. Vgl. κιννάμωμον.
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