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Headword: *kri/non
Adler number: kappa,2429
Translated headword: lily
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the flower [of that name]. [So called] from discrimination.[1] For this reason also the [process] of discrimination is called a lily which withers easily and falls quickly. For this reason also the colocynth is called a lily, and they also call paupers lilies.[2] This kolo/kunqa is a Median [= Persian] word.
Greek Original:
*kri/non: to\ a)/nqos. a)po\ th=s diakri/sews. dio\ kai\ ta\ th=s diakri/sews le/getai kri/non eu)ma/ranton kai\ taxu\ diapi/pton. dio\ kai\ h( kolo/kunqa kri/non le/getai, kai\ tou\s ptwxou\s de\ kri/na le/gousin. au)th\ de\ h( kolo/kunqa *mhdiko/n e)stin o)/noma.
Notes:
Virtually the same entry in the Etymologicum Gudianum (347.46ff.), and cf. Hesychius kappa4135.
[1] The word for lily, kri/non (cf. kappa 2427, kappa 2431, lambda 392), is here associated with the verb kri/nw "judge" (kappa 2426, kappa 2430) and its derivatives.
[2] On the symbolic significance of lilies and colocynth, see LSJ s.v. koloku/nqh A.
Keywords: botany; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; geography; imagery
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 March 2009@01:09:05.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (x-refs; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 3 March 2009@02:58:14.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 4 March 2009@16:17:23.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaking) on 18 March 2013@04:55:25.

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