τριπόλιον

English (LSJ)

τό, sea-starwort, Aster tripolium, sea aster, seashore aster, Aster pannonicus, Thphr. HP 9.19.2 (citing Hes. and Musae.), Dsc.4.132.

Wikipedia EN

Sea Aster

Tripolium pannonicum, called sea aster or seashore aster and often known by the synonyms Aster tripolium or Aster pannonicus, is a flowering plant, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, that is confined in its distribution to salt marshes, estuaries and occasionally to inland salt works.

It is a perennial growing up to 50 cm tall with fleshy lanceolate leaves and purple ray florets flowering from July to September. The plants tend to be short-lived and populations need significant new recruitment each year from new seedlings. There are rayed as well as rayless varieties and only the former have long blue or white florets. The rayless form is yellow. The plant flowers well into autumn and hence provides a valuable source of nectar for late-flying butterflies such as painted lady and red admiral.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
sorte d'aster, ou plombago, plante.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

τρῐπόλιον: τό, εἶδος φυτοῦ, plumbago, «καὶ ὡς δή φασι τὸ τριπόλιον καθ’ Ἡσίοδον καὶ Μουσαῖον εἰς πᾶν πρᾶγμα σπουδαῖον χρήσιμον εἶναι» Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 9. 19, 2· «τριπόλιον, … φύεται ἐν παραθαλασσίοις τόποις, οὓς ἐπικλύζει θάλασσα καὶ ὑποχωρεῖ... φύλλα ἔχει ἰσάτῃ παραπλήσια, ξηρά... καυλὸν σπιθαμιαῖον, ἄνωθεν ἐπεσχισμένον. Ταύτης ἱστορεῖται τὸ ἄνθος τρεῖς τῆς ἡμέρας μεταβάλλειν τὸ χρῶμα, πρωῒ μὲν λευκόν, κατὰ δὲ τὴν μεσημβρίαν πορφυρίζον, ὀψὲ δὲ φοινικοῦν» Διοσκ. 4. 135· πρβλ. μολύβδαινα ΙΙΙ.

Greek Monolingual

τὸ, Α
ονομασία φυτού.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τρι- + πολιός «υπόλευκος, φαιός, γκρίζος»].

German (Pape)

τό, eine Blume, vielleicht eine Afterarr, Theophr. und Diosc.