ῥῆον

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian or a closely related language, from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (rhubarb, fennel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ῥῆον (rhêonn (genitive ῥήου); second declension

  1. rhubarb (probably Rheum rhabarbarum)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: rhēum
  • Translingual: Rheum

References

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  • J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "dew" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 158-9.
  • Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italian Languages, s.v. "rōs, rōris" (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 526-7.
  • Nourai, Ali. 2013. An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and Other Indo-European Languages. Index of Words in Different Languages Vol. 1 Vol. 1. p.130.
  • Lebedynsky, Iaroslav. Les Sarmates : Amazones et lanciers cuirassés entre Oural et Danube. Paris: Editions Errance, 2002.

Further reading

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