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βλῆχνον

From LSJ

Πολλοὺς ὁ καιρὸς οὐκ ὄντας ποιεῖ φίλους → Occasione amicus fit, qui non fuit → Die rechte Zeit macht manchen, der's nicht ist, zum Freund

Menander, Monostichoi, 446
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Full diacritics: βλῆχνον Medium diacritics: βλῆχνον Low diacritics: βλήχνον Capitals: ΒΛΗΧΝΟΝ
Transliteration A: blē̂chnon Transliteration B: blēchnon Transliteration C: vlichnon Beta Code: blh=xnon

English (LSJ)

τό (v.l. βλῆχρον, as in Sch.Theoc.3.14, Cyr. (βλήχρα Hsch.)), = πτέρις, male fern, Aspidium filix-mas, Dsc.4.184.

Spanish (DGE)

v. βλάχνον.

German (Pape)

[Seite 449] τό, ein Farrenkraut, Diosc. l. d.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βλῆχνον: τό, εἶδος πτερίδος, Διοσκ. 4. 186.

Greek Monolingual

το
βλ. βλέχνο.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: male fern, Aspidium Filix-mas.
Other forms: also βλῆχρον (Dsc.), βλήχρα H., also βλᾶχνον (Phan. Hist), βλᾶχρον Η.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: No etymology. S. Rohlfs, Sybaris 124, Sprache 5 (1959) 175 n. 2, Glotta 38 (1959) 103. The variation r/n not from an r/n-stem (Poultney, AJPh. 41 (1970) 374), but Pre-Greek: Fur. 388.

Frisk Etymology German

βλῆχνον: {blē̃khnon}
Forms: auch βλῆχρον (Dsk., Sch.), βλήχρα H.
Grammar: n.,
Meaning: Farnkraut.
Etymology: Ohne Etymologie.
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