ἀσφάραγος

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Furnée connects the word with φάραγξ (pháranx, gorge, ravine) and μάραγοι (máragoi, overhanging places), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

ἀσφάρᾰγος (aspháragosm (genitive ἀσφᾰράγου); second declension

  1. (anatomy) throat, gullet
Inflection

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pregʰ- (to jerk, to scatter) (whence σφαραγέομαι (spharagéomai, to burst with a noise, teem)), but Beekes rejects this, citing a Pre-Greek origin due to the presence of the variation "π/φ".[2]

Alternative forms

Noun

ἀσφάρᾰγος (aspháragosm (genitive ἀσφᾰράγου); second declension

  1. asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
    Synonym: ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς (akanthíās)
  2. (botany) shoots of other plants
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Latin: asparagus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀσφάραγος 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀσφάραγος 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 159-60

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