- βλήχων
- βλήχων, -ωνοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `pennyroyal', `Mentha pulegium' (h. Cer.).Other forms: Ion. γλήχων, Dor. γλά̄χων; also βληχώ, -ους (Schwyzer 479); βληχός = βλήχων (Thphr, Dsc.).Dialectal forms: Myc. karako \/glākhōn\/ but the reading is doubtful.Derivatives: βληχωνίας `prepared with β' (Ar.); Chantr. Form. 94f. γληχωνίτης (οἶνος; Dsc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unknown. The variation β- βλήχων γ- could just be dissimilation (Schwyzer 299); cf. β\/γλέπω. But as the word also has no etym., and as the stem formation is strange, we rather have to do with a Pre-Gr. word. - For a folketymological connection with βληχάομαι Strömberg Pflanzennamen 155.Page in Frisk: 1,245
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.