σκόλυμος

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Ancient Greek

σκόλυμος

Etymology

Explained as of Pre-Greek origin. Compare also the Serbo-Croatian skolab, skulob of the same meaning, a term the Slavs could only have picked up, from Liburnian or its Vulgar Latin successor dialect, when reaching the Adriatic coast.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκόλῠμος (skólumosm or f (genitive σκολῠ́μου); second declension

  1. common golden thistle (Scolymus hispanicus)

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Descendants

  • French: scolyme
  • Italian: scolimo
  • Latin: scolymos
  • Translingual: Scolymus

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