λαμψάνη
From LSJ
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English (LSJ)
German (Pape)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λαμψάνη: ἡ, = λαψάνη.
Greek Monolingual
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: kind of cabbage, Brassica arvensis; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 24: because of the gleaming colour (Dsc., Gal.; pap. )
Other forms: Also λαψ-, λεψ-. Further λαψάνη τῶν ἀγρίων λαχάνων ἐσθιομένη H.; and λάψα γογγυλίς. Πεγαῖοι H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: The variants (note λεψ-) prove Pre-Greek origin; unclear to me Fur. 285 n. 65.
