ἔχιον

Δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → Quercu cadente, nemo ignatu abstinet → Fiel erst die Eiche, holt ein jeder Mann sich Holz

Menander, Monostichoi, 123

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Full diacritics: ἔχιον	Medium diacritics: ἔχιον	Low diacritics: έχιον	Capitals: ΕΧΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: échion	Transliteration B: echion	Transliteration C: echion	Beta Code: e)/xion

English (LSJ)

τό, (ἔχις) a plant,

A Echium plantagineum, Dsc.4.27 (echios Plin.HN25.104). II = ὠκιμοειδές, Dsc.4.28, Sch.Nic.Th.637.

ἔχιον: τό, (ἔχις) εἶδος φυτοῦ, «φειδοβότανον», Sprengel ἐν Διοσκ. 4. 27, ἔνθα ἴδε περιγραφὴν αὐτοῦ.