νέπετος
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English (LSJ)
ὁ, = καλαμίνθη, Lat. word in Gal.14.43; cf. νέπιτα· ἡ καλαμίνθη, Hsch. (Lat. nepeta.)
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: = καλαμίνθη (Gal.)
Other forms: Cf. νέπιτα ἡ καλαμίνθη H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: νεπιτα was taken from Lat. nepeta, André, Lexique s.v. Fur. 357 is prob. right when he thinks that the Latin word was taken from a Greek *νεπετα, which will be Pre-Greek.
