ἀσπάλαθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">πᾰ], ὁ,</b> <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>749</span>, but more commonly ἡ, as <span class="bibl">Pherecr. 109</span> (s. v.l.), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Od.</span> 33</span>:—name of a <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">spinous shrub</b>, yielding a fragrant oil, = [[ἐρυσίσκηπτρον]], <b class="b2">camel's thorn, Alhagi maurorum</b>, Thphr.9.7.3, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Od.</span>33</span>, Dsc.1.20. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">thorny trefoil, Calycotome villosa</b>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1193</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>906b11</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.57</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">24.89</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">Genista acanthoclada</b>, used as an instrument of torture, ἐπ' ἀσπαλάθων τινὰ κνάμπτειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>616a</span>.</span>

|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.