ἀσφόδελος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">asphodel, Asphodelus ramosus</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>41</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>627a8</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.10.7</span>,<span class="bibl">7.13.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Crateuas <span class="title">Fr.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.68</span>, Dsc. 2.169, etc.; cf. [[σφοδελός]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> oxyt., as Adj., <b class="b3">ἀσφοδελὸς λειμών</b> the [[asphodel]] mead which the shades of heroes haunted, <span class="bibl">Od.11.539</span>, <span class="bibl">24.13</span>: generally, [[flowery]] mead, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>221</span>, <span class="bibl">344</span>. (On the accent v. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.160</span>.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">asphodill, Asphodelus ramosa</b> (Hes.).<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">σφόδελος</b> (H.), <b class="b3">σφοδελός</b> (Ar.); <b class="b3">σποδελός</b> vv. ll. acc. to Hdn. Gr. 2, 152.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀσφοδελός</b> <b class="b2">grown with a.</b> (Od.; on the accent Schwyzer 420).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Unknown. Prob. substr. word (s. the variants). Fur. 288 compares <b class="b3">σφονδύλ(ε)ιον</b>, <b class="b3">σπονδύλιον</b> <b class="b2">Heracleum sphondylium</b>. Speculative Biraud, Actes du colloque: Les phytonymes grecs et latins, 35-46, who finds the suffix in <b class="b3">στυφελός</b>, <b class="b3">ζάφελος</b>, <b class="b3">ῥάκελος</b> etc.