δορύκνιον
ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)
English (LSJ)
τό,
A Convolvulus oleaefolius, Dsc.4.74, Plu.Demetr. 20.
2 = μελισσόφυλλον, Nic.Al.376 (cf. Sch.adloc.).
3 = πύρεθρον, Ps.-Dsc.3.73.
4 = στρύχνον μανικόν, ib.4.72.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
• Alolema(s): βορύκνιον An.Boiss.2.396
bot.
1 correhuela, Convolvulus oleaefolius Desr., Dsc.4.74, Anon.Med. en PSI 1180.53, Asclep.Iun. en Gal.13.356, 14.140.
2 toronjil, Melissa officinalis L., Nic.Al.376, cf. Sch.ad loc.
3 pelitre, Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.), Ps.Dsc.3.73.
4 orovale, Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal o dulcamara, matagallinas, Solanum dulcamara L., Ps.Dsc.4.72
•un tipo de veneno, Cyran.3.51.25.
German (Pape)
[Seite 659] τό, eine Giftpflanze, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δορύκνιον: τό, δηλητηριῶδες φυτόν, Διοσκ. 4. 75.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
δορύκνιον: τό дорикний (ядовитое растение из семейства вьюнковых) Plut.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: plant name, Convolvulus oleofolius a. o. (Dsc.).
Derivatives: Dimin. δορυκνίδιον (Gal.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: No etymology. Fur. 183 compares στρύχνον, τρύχνον (Nic., Gal.; s.v), -ος (Theocr.); he remarked that after σ- we often find the voiceless variant; on the epenthesis cf. (183 n. 9) (σ)κόνυζα/κνύζα, κολυμβάς/κλύβατις, so he assumes that this word stands for *δρυκ(χ?)νιον (the vowel may have been α, with α > ο before -υ-).
Frisk Etymology German
δορύκνιον: {dorúknion}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Pflanzenname, Convolvulus oleaefolius u. a. (Dsk., Nik., Plu.).
Derivative: Deminutivum δορυκνίδιον (Gal.).
Etymology: Ohne Etymologie.
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