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βράβυλον

From LSJ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Full diacritics: βράβῠλον Medium diacritics: βράβυλον Low diacritics: βράβυλον Capitals: ΒΡΑΒΥΛΟΝ
Transliteration A: brábylon Transliteration B: brabylon Transliteration C: vravylon Beta Code: bra/bulon

English (LSJ)

τό,
A sloe, Prunus spinosa, Theoc.7.146 (wrongly expld. by Sch. as damson), 12.3, Antyll. ap. Orib.10.20.4, Gal.6.621.
II = κοκκύμηλον (q.v.), Seleuc. ap. Ath.2.50a, Clearch.82.

Spanish (DGE)

-ου, τό
• Alolema(s): βράβῐλ- Theoc.7.146, 12.3
• Prosodia: [-ᾰ-]
bot., n. de diferentes variedades de ciruela
a) esp. silvestre endrina μῆλον βραβίλοιο ἥδιον Theoc.12.3, cf. 7.146;
b) esp. cultivada damascena Clearch.100, Seleuc.42, Sch.Theoc.7.146, Antyll. en Orib.10.20.4, Gal.6.621, 12.921.

German (Pape)

[Seite 460] τό, eine wilde Art Pflaumen od. Schlehen, Theocr. 7, 146; vgl. Ath. II, 50 a.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
prune sauvage, prunelle, fruit.
Étymologie: DELG sans étym., pê emprunté.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

βράβυλον -ου, τό en βράβυλος -ου, ὁ sleedoorn (plant).

Russian (Dvoretsky)

βράβῠλον: (ᾰ) τό дикая слива или терн Theocr.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: sloe, Prunus spinosa (Theoc.)
Other forms: βράβυλος f. (Aret.). Mss. also βραβι-, βραβη-; also βάρβιλος (Gp).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Unknown. Loanword. Cf. βραβύλη = ἀνεμώνη ἡ φοινικῆ (Ps.-Dsc.). André, Lexique s.v. brabilla.

Middle Liddell

a wild plum, Theocr.

Greek Monotonic

βράβῠλον: τό, είδος άγριου δαμάσκηνου, κορόμηλο, σε Θεόκρ.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βράβῠλον: τό, εἶδος ἀγρίου δαμασκήνου, κορόμηλον, Θεόκρ. 7. 146 (κατὰ τὸν Σχολ. τὸ δαμασκηνόν).

Frisk Etymology German

βράβυλον: {brábŭlon}
Forms: βράβυλος f. Schlehdorn, Prunus spinosa, auch Schlehe (Aret., AP usw.).
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Schlehe (Theok. usw.),
Etymology: Unerklärtes Fremdwort. Zu bemerken noch βραβύλη = ἀνεμώνη ἡ φοινικῆ (Ps.-Dsk.).
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