μάραθον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[fennel]], [[Foeniculum vulgare]] (Epich., D., Thphr.), <b class="b3">-ος</b> m. f. (Hermipp.), also (without loss of the [[ρ]]) [[μάραθρον]] (Alex., hell. pap., Dsc.)<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[maratuwo]] /[[marathwon]]/<br />Compounds: Compp. <b class="b3">εὑ-μάραθος</b> [[rich in fennel]] (AP), <b class="b3">ἱππο-μάραθ(ρ)ον</b>'Prangos ferulacea' (Diocl. Med., Thphr., Dsc.; <b class="b3">διὰ τὸ μέγεθος</b>, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 30).<br />Derivatives: [[μαραθίς]], <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. = [[ἱππομ]]. (Ps.-Dsc.), [[μαραθᾶς]] m. [[fenneltrader]] (Robert Rev. de phil. 70, 52 f.), <b class="b3">μαραθίτης οἶνος</b> (Dsc., Gp.; Redard 97), [[Μαραθών]], <b class="b3">-ῶνος</b> m. f. (η 80) a. other PN (Tovar Emer. 12, 320).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: As plant-name suspected to be of foreign origin (Schwyzer 61). Explanation from IE by Hesselman Symb. Danielsson 94ff.: to NSwed. <b class="b2">mjärd(r)e</b>, OSw. [[miærdher]] m. n. <b class="b2">fishtrap resp. its funnel-like entrance</b>, PGm. <b class="b2">*merdra-</b>, IE <b class="b2">*mer(ǝ)-dhro-</b> (cf. [[βέρεθρον]]: [[βάραθρον]]); further connections in WP. 2, 272, Pok. 733 [?]. The plant was then called after its funnel-like flower; cf. Strömberg Pflanzenn. 50. Doubts by Debrunner IF 51, 209. The Myc. dorm refutes the proposal. Rather a Pre-Greek word (note <b class="b3">α-α</b>), cf. Schwyzer 1, 61.