ἄλυσσον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Usually derived from ἀ- (a-, “privative prefix”) + λύσσα (lússa, “rage”).
Noun
ἄλυσσον • (álusson) n
- name of a certain plant used for curing madness; according to LSJ, specifically madwort (Farsetia clypeata → Fibigia clypeata) and Galen's madwort (Sideritis romana)
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
- ἄλυσσον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- 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, page 76
- Farsetia+clypeata at The Plant List
- Sideritis+romana at The Plant List
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