βάλαρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of other plant names, like βαλαύστιον (balaústion, “flower of the pomegranate”), βαλλωτή (ballōtḗ, “black horehound”) and βάλλις (bállis, “unknown kind of plant”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈβa.la.ris/ → /ˈva.la.ris/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.la.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.la.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.la.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.la.ris/

Noun

βάλαρις • (bálaris)

1. rose campion (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)

   Synonym: λυχνίς (lukhnís)

2. sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)

References

• “βάλαρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βάλαρις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN