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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formally, one may compare βρύον (brúon), but further details are unclear. The connection with Proto-Slavic *trъstь (“cane”) is impossible because of the anlaut. The variants point to a Pre-Greek origin, which is not unexpected in the case of a plant name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰrý.on/ → /ˈθry.on/ → /ˈθri.on/
Noun
θρῠ́ον • (thrúon) n (genitive θρῠ́ου); second declension
- reed, rush
- thorn apple (Datura stramonium)
Inflection
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Further reading
- “θρύον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θρύον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θρύον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θρύον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θρύον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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