- καλαμίνθη
- καλαμίνθηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: name of `a good-smelling plant' (Hp., Ar., Arist.)Other forms: -μινθα (Philum. Ven., Phot.), -μινθος (Nic. Th. 60)Derivatives: - καλαμινθίνη `id.' (medic.; after ῥητίνη etc., Chantraine Formation 204), καλαμινθίτης (οἶνος; Dsc., Redard Les noms grecs en -της 97), καλαμινθώδης `full of κ.' (Str., Apollon. Lex.). Καλαμίνθιος name of a frog (Batr. 224).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unknown. The formal agreement with κάλαμος, and μίνθη does not give a conclusion. Not convincing is an original *καλαμο-μίνθη with dissimilation (G. Meyer Gr.3 393) Also hypothetical remain both a derivation καλάμ-ινθος (Schwyzer 526) as the assumption of a foreign word with popular adaptation to κάλαμος (and μίνθη). Cf. Chantraine Formation 370. Anyhow, a Pre-Greek word is most probable.Page in Frisk: 1,760
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.