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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. (m.)<br />Meaning: name of several types of thorn-bush (Thgn.); s. Dawkins Journ. of Hell. Stud. 56, 7.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. Solmsen Wortforsch. 21 A. connected <b class="b3">σπαλύσσεται σπαράσσεται</b>, <b class="b3">ταράσσεται</b> H.; <b class="b3">σφαλάσσειν τέμνειν</b>, <b class="b3">κεντεῖν</b> H. etc.. (s. <b class="b3">ἀσπάλαξ</b>), unconvincingly. Rather a loanword (Schwyzer 510, Chantr. Form. 368); the suffix <b class="b3">-θος</b> often in plant names. André, Lex. 234. It may well be a substr. word. Alessio compares Lat. [[palla]] <b class="b2">genesta alba</b> (RILomb. 74, 737ff., Studi Etr. 15, 219. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f. (m.)<br />Meaning: name of several types of thorn-bush (Thgn.); s. Dawkins Journ. of Hell. Stud. 56, 7.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. Solmsen Wortforsch. 21 A. connected <b class="b3">σπαλύσσεται σπαράσσεται</b>, <b class="b3">ταράσσεται</b> H.; <b class="b3">σφαλάσσειν τέμνειν</b>, <b class="b3">κεντεῖν</b> H. etc.. (s. <b class="b3">ἀσπάλαξ</b>), unconvincingly. Rather a loanword (Schwyzer 510, Chantr. Form. 368); the suffix <b class="b3">-θος</b> often in plant names. André, Lex. 234. It may well be a substr. word. Alessio compares Lat. [[palla]] <b class="b2">genesta alba</b> (RILomb. 74, 737ff., Studi Etr. 15, 219. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[Deriv. [[unknown]].]<br />[[aspalathus]], a [[prickly]] [[shrub]], [[yielding]] a [[fragrant]] oil, Theogn.; used as an [[instrument]] of [[torture]], Plat. | |||
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