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Headword: *leimwni/a
Adler number: lambda,366
Translated headword: leimonia
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] a plant [of that name].[1]
Also [sc. attested is] leimwni=tis ["of a meadow"].[2]
Greek Original:
*leimwni/a: bota/nh. kai\ *leimwni=tis.
Notes:
cf. generally lambda 364, lambda 365.
[1] According to LSJ, "a thorny plant, prob. = sko/lumos, golden thistle, Scolymus hispanicus;" Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 6.4.3.
[2] Besides here and (according to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon, this word is attested only in Nicetas Choniates, as an adjective describing grass.
Keywords: botany; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 March 2009@01:06:27.
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