γεντιανή
ὦ θάνατε παιάν, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς μολεῖν· μόνος γὰρ εἶ σὺ τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰατρός, ἄλγος δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἅπτεται νεκροῦ. → O death, the healer, reject me not, but come! For thou alone art the mediciner of ills incurable, and no pain layeth hold on the dead.
English (LSJ)
ἡ, gentian, Hp.Ep.19, Dsc.3.3. [-ᾱνή Damocr. ap. Gal. 13.822, 14.97, but -ᾰνή ib.14.123.]
Spanish (DGE)
(γεντιᾱνή) -ῆς, ἡ
bot.
1 genciana Damocr. en Gal.13.822, 14.97, 123, Dsc.3.3, Ruf.Interrog.10, Hsch.
2 otro n. del regaliz Dsc.3.5.
3 otro n. de la centaurea Dsc.3.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 484] ἡ, Enzian, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γεντιᾱνή: ἡ, κοινὸν φυτὸν τῶν Ἄλπεων, Διοσκ. 3. 3. - Ὡσαύτως γεντιάς, άδος, ἡ, Ἀνδρόμ. παρὰ Γαλην.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: a plant, Gentiana (Dsc., Hp.).
Derivatives: γεντιὰς ῥίζα (Androm. ap. Gal., Dsc.), for *γεντιανάς, Chantr. Form. 353.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Acc. to Dsc. 3, 3 after the Illyrian king Gentis which one connects with the fact that the plant grew notably in the Alps, cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 135. - On the form of the name of the Illyrian king, Gent(h)ius, s. Krahe Lex. altillyr. Personennamen 53f; also Ven. dat. χe.nθe.i.
Frisk Etymology German
γεντιανή: {gentianḗ}
Meaning: Pflanzenname, Gentiana (Dsk., Hp. Ep.).
Derivative: Daneben γεντιὰς ῥίζα (Androm. ap. Gal., Dsk.), wohl für *γεντιανάς, Chantraine Formation 353.
Etymology: Gemäß Dsk. 3, 3 nach dem illyrischen König Gentis benannt; dafür könnte — außer dem mehrdeutigen Suffix — der Umstand sprechen, daß die Pflanze in den Alpen gedeiht, vgl. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 135. — Zu den verschiedenen Namensformen des betreffenden illyrischen Königs, gew. Gent(h)ius, s. Krahe Lex. altillyr. Personennamen 53f.
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Translations
gentian
Albanian: sanëz, agnushe; Arabic: جَنْطِيَانَا, كُوشَاد; Aramaic Classical Syriac: ܓܶܢܛܝܢܳܐ; Asturian: genciana; Bulgarian: тинтява, тентява; Catalan: genciana; Chinese Mandarin: 龍膽科, 龙胆科; Esperanto: genciano; Finnish: katkero; French: gentiane; German: Enzian; Greek: γεντιακή; Ancient Greek: γεντιανή; Ido: genciano; Irish: ceadharlach, lus an chrúbáin; Italian: genziana; Latin: gentiana; Old English: feldwyrt; Quechua: phallcha; Mòcheno: sklopper; Persian: کوشاد, جنطیانا; Polish: gencjana, goryczka; Portuguese: genciana; Romanian: gențiană; Russian: горечавка; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: сирѝштара, генцијана, срча̀нӣк, лѝнцура; Latin: sirìštara, gencijána, srčànik, lìncura; Spanish: genciana; Tibetan: ཀྱི་ལྕེ་ནག་པོ, སྤང་རྒྱན; Turkish Ottoman Turkish: جنطیانا, ییلان اوتی; Modern Turkish: centiyana, yılan otu; Welsh: crwynllys
