ὀρόβαξ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ὀροβάδιον (orobádion)
Etymology[edit]
From ὄροβος (órobos, “chickpea”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈro.baks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈro.βaks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈro.vaks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈro.vaks/
Noun[edit]
ὀρόβαξ • (oróbax) f
- common peony (Paeonia officinalis)
- Synonyms: ᾱ̓γλᾰοφῶτῐς (āglaophôtis), γλαβρήνη (glabrḗnē), γλυκυσίδη (glukusídē), μήνιον (mḗnion)
Further reading[edit]
- “ὀρόβαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρόβαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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