ἐλατήριον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἐλατήριος (elatḗrios, driving away).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐλᾰτήρῐον (elatḗrionn (genitive ἐλᾰτηρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
    Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), βουβάλιον n (boubálion), νότιον n (nótion), φέρομβρον n (phérombron), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), σκόρπιον n (skórpion)
  2. the drug prepared from the squirting cucumber

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: elatērium

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