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|elnltext=σκόλυμος -ου, ὁ eetbare plant, mogelijk gouddistel of artisjok.
|elnltext=σκόλυμος -ου, ὁ eetbare plant, mogelijk gouddistel of artisjok.
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: name of a kind of thistle with eatable flower-bottom, <b class="b2">Scolymus hispanicus, artichoke, Cynara scolymus</b> (Hes., Alc., Arist. etc.; on the meaning Dawkins JHSt. 56, 6).<br />Other forms: f., <b class="b3">-ον</b> n.; <b class="b3">σκόλυμον</b> (Zonar.). On <b class="b3">σκόλυβος</b> s. below<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σκολυμ-ώδης</b> <b class="b3">σ</b>.-like' (Thphr.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)<br />Etymology: Unexplained. On the formation cf. <b class="b3">ἔλυμος</b> and the many plant-names in <b class="b3">-αμος</b>, <b class="b3">-αμον</b>, e.g. <b class="b3">κύαμος</b>, <b class="b3">βάλσαμον</b>, which are most loans without etymology. Hypotheses by Groselj Živa Ant. 4, 175 (to <b class="b3">σκόλλυς</b>). -- The resembling <b class="b3">σκόλυβος ὁ ἐσθιόμενος βολβός</b> H. is influenced by <b class="b3">βολβός</b> [?] and other plant-names in <b class="b3">-βος</b> (after Specht Ursprung 267 old variation <b class="b3">μ</b> σκόλυμος <b class="b3">β</b>; to be rejected). -- The variation <b class="b3">β</b>\/<b class="b3">μ</b> is a well known Pre-Greek phenomenon (there is no reason to explain the fact away).
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