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ζιζάνιον

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Μένει δ' ἑκάστῳ τοῦθ', ὅπερ μέλλει, παθεῖν → Quod destinatum sorte, non fugies pati → Ein jeder muss das leiden, was er leiden soll

Menander, Monostichoi, 349
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Full diacritics: ζιζάνιον Medium diacritics: ζιζάνιον Low diacritics: ζιζάνιον Capitals: ΖΙΖΑΝΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: zizánion Transliteration B: zizanion Transliteration C: zizanion Beta Code: ziza/nion

English (LSJ)

τό, a weed that grows in wheat,

   A = αἶρα 11, prob. darnel, Lolium temulentum, Gp.2.43, EM411.46: pl., Ev.Matt.13.25, Gp. 10.87.1. (Cf. Sumer. zizân 'wheat'.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1140] τό, Unkraut im Getreide, = αἶρα, Geop., XLL.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ζιζάνιον: τό, = αἶρα ΙΙ., Λατ. zizanium, lolium, Γεωπ. 2. 43, Ε. Μ.· ὡσαύτως ἐν τῷ πληθ., Εὐαγγ. κ. Ματθ. ιγ΄, 25, Γεωπ. 10. 87.

English (Strong)

of uncertain origin; darnel or false grain: tares.

English (Thayer)

ζιζανιου, τό (doubtless a word of Semitic origin; Arabic <BITMAP:Arabic3>, Syriac)NzYz (see Schaaf, Lex. under the word, p. 148), Talmud זֲוָנִין or זוּנִין; Suidas ζιζάνιον. ἡ ἐν τῷ σίτῳ αἰρα), zizanium (A. V. tares), a kind of darnel, bastard wheat (but see references below), resembling wheat except that the grains are black: Geoponica (for references see B. D. American edition, p. 3177 note)). Cf. Winer s RWB under the word Lolch; Furrer in Schenkel B. L. 4:57; (B. D., and Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, under the word <TOPIC:Tares>).