ἄλυσσον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Usually derived from ἀ- (a-, “privative prefix”) + λύσσα (lússa, “rage”).
Noun
ἄλυσσον • (álusson) n (genitive ἀλύσσου); second declension
- name of a certain plant used for curing madness; according to LSJ, specifically madwort (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. → Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) and Galen's madwort (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Descendants
References
- “ἄλυσσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄλυσσον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
- Farsetia+clypeata at The Plant List
- Sideritis+romana at The Plant List