ἀψίνθιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>3.11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span>1.74</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 1.5.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.12.1</span>, Dsc.3.23; ἀψινθίῳ κατέπασας Ἀττικὸν μέλι <span class="bibl">Men.708</span>:—also ἄψινθος, ἡ, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>1.13</span>, but ὁ, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>8.11</span>; and ἀψινθία, ἡ, Alex. Trall.<span class="bibl">1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀψίνθιον</b>, = [[ἀβρότονον]], Ps.-Dsc.3.24. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = <b class="b2">Artemisia monosperma</b>, Aq.<span class="title">Pr.</span>5.4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. θαλάσσιον</b>, = [[σέριφον]], Dsc.3.23.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium</b> (Hp.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">ἄψινθος</b> f. (m.) and <b class="b3">ἀψινθία</b> f.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀψινθίτης οἶνος</b> (Dsc.); <b class="b3">ἀψινθᾶτον</b> <b class="b2">drink prepared with w.</b> (Aët.) and <b class="b3">ἀψινθάτιον</b> (Pap.); cf. Lat. [[absinthiātum]] ([[vinum]]).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: The suffix <b class="b3">-νθ-</b> proves Pre-Gr. origin.