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Headword: *surmai/a
Adler number: sigma,1667
Translated headword: purge-plant
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] a purgative by means of vomiting and excrement. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] surmai/+zein, the [one that means] to void, [with a potion made] out of zeia-grains and water. So Herodotus [uses the word].[1] Or a vegetable similar to celery; or a food made with suet and honey.[2]
Greek Original:
*surmai/a: to\ kaqartiko\n di' e)me/twn kai\ koili/as. kai\ *surmai/+zein to\ kenou=sqai, e)k zeiw=n kai\ u(/datos. ou(/tws *(hro/dotos. h)\ la/xanon seli/nw| e)oiko/s: h)\ brw=ma dia\ ste/atos kai\ me/litos.
Notes:
For most of this material see already sigma 1666.
[1] Parallel entries in other lexica (and glosses on Herodotus 2.77.2); references at Photius sigma831 Theodoridis.
[2] Parallels in Hesychius sigma2782 and sigma2784 (and glosses on Herodotus 2.125.6).
Keywords: botany; definition; ethics; food; geography; historiography; medicine
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 6 June 2014@01:21:02.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics; raised status) on 6 June 2014@04:01:05.


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