ἀλλάβης
From LSJ
ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → for extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable (Corpus Hippocraticum, Aphorisms 1.6.2)
English (LSJ)
-ητος, ἡ, v. ἀλάβης.
Spanish (DGE)
v. ἀλάβης.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: Nile fish, Labeo Niloticus (Str.)
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: From Egypt. repi or lepi, Thompson Fishes s.v. - Fur. 145 etc. connects ἔλλοψ and ἀλλοπὶης and concludes that it is rather a substr. word (the ἀλλάβης must not be an Eg. fish).
See also: ἔλοψ
