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σεῖστρος

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Κενῆς δὲ δόξης οὐδὲν ἀθλιώτερον → Nihil est inani gloria infelicius → Als leerer Ruhm jedoch ist nichts unseliger

Menander, Monostichoi, 289
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Full diacritics: σεῖστρος Medium diacritics: σεῖστρος Low diacritics: σείστρος Capitals: ΣΕΙΣΤΡΟΣ
Transliteration A: seîstros Transliteration B: seistros Transliteration C: seistros Beta Code: sei=stros

English (LSJ)

ὁ, yellow-rattle, narrow-leaved rattle, greater yellow-rattle, Rhinanthus major, Rhinanthus angustifolius growing in the Scamander, Arist.Mir.846a34, cf. Ps.-Plu.Fluv.13.2 (οίστρος codd.).

Rhinanthus angustifolius.jpg
Rhinanthus angustifolius

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
sorte de plante.
Étymologie: DELG σείω.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σεῖστρος: -ου, ὁ, φυτόν τι ὅμοιον ὀρόβω, καί φυόμενον παρὰ τὸν Σκάμανδον Ἀριστ. π. Θαυμασ. 160 (Βεκκῆρ. σίστρ.), πρβλ. Πλούτ. 2 1157Ε.

Greek Monolingual

ὁ, και σίτρος, ἡ, Α σείω
ποώδες φυτό.

Wikipedia EN

Rhinanthus angustifolius, the narrow-leaved rattle or greater yellow-rattle, is a plant species of the genus Rhinanthus. It is an annual wildflower native to temperate grasslands in much of Europe, and north and central Western Asia. The yellow flowers are mostly visited by bumblebees.

Translations

cs: kokrhel větší; cy: cribell felen fawr; da: stor skjaller; de: Großer Klappertopf; et: suur robirohi; fi: isolaukku; hsb: wulka hłuška; hu: nagyvirágú kakascímer; lt: didysis barškutis; nl: grote ratelaar; pl: szelężnik większy; ru: погремок узколистный; stq: doorik; sv: höskallra; uk: дзвінець великий