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σέριφον

From LSJ

Ἰὸς πέφυκεν ἀσπίδος κακὴ γυνή → Ipsum venenum aspidis mulier mala → Das reinste Natterngift ist eine schlechte Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 261
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Full diacritics: σέρῑφον Medium diacritics: σέριφον Low diacritics: σέριφον Capitals: ΣΕΡΙΦΟΝ
Transliteration A: sériphon Transliteration B: seriphon Transliteration C: serifon Beta Code: se/rifon

English (LSJ)

τό, a kind of
A wormwood, = σαντονικόν (q.v.), Dsc.Prooemia 8, Id.3.23, Gal.11.804.
II γραῦς σέριφος or σερίφη, an insect, = μάντις II, a name used for an old maid, Zen.2.94, Suid.

German (Pape)

[ῑ], τό, eine Art ἀψίνθιον, Wermut, auch θαλάσσιον genannt, Sp. Vgl. auch σέρφος.