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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, the variants prove Pre-Greek origin for this word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zmîː.laks/ → /ˈzmi.laks/ → /ˈzmi.laks/
Noun
σμῖλαξ • (smîlax) f (genitive σμίλακος); third declension
- holm oak (Quercus ilex)
- yew (Taxus baccata)
- smilax (Smilax aspera)
- bindweed (Convolvulus spp.)
- cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)
- Synonym: φάσηλος (phásēlos)
Inflection
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References
- “σμῖλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σμῖλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
- Fischer-Benzon, Rudolf von (1894) Altdeutsche Gartenflora (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, pages 98–99
- “Bohne”, in Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (in German), volume III, 1, 1897, columns 609–627
- “σμῖλαξ κηπαῖα –
Phaseolus vulgaris”, in Dioscórides Interactivo (in Spanish), 2024
- “σμῖλαξ – Taxus baccata”, in Dioscórides Interactivo (in Spanish), 2024
- “σμῖλαξ τραχεῖα – Smilax aspera”, in Dioscórides Interactivo (in Spanish), 2024
- “σμῖλαξ λεία – Convolvulus sepium”, in Dioscórides Interactivo (in Spanish), 2024