- κάμμαρος
- κάμαρος, κάμμαροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: name of a poisonous plant, kind of Aconitum (?), also = δελφίνιον, `larkspur' (Hp., Stratt., Nic., Dsc.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur. substr.Etymology: By Fick 1, 383; 3, 74 connected with the germanic and slavic word for `hellebore', OHG hemera, Russ. čemeríca (from R.-CSl. čemerъ `poison', prop. `hellebore') and with Lith. kemẽras `Wasserdost' (see Fraenkel s. kiemenà). (Not here Skt. kamala- n. `lotus', camarika- m. `Bauhinia variegata' s. Mayrhofer KEWA s. vv.). - The notation κάμμορον (Dsc., Erot.) after κάμμορος `unhappy'. Given this distribution the word seems to be a loan from a European subtratum; Beekes, 125 Jahre Idg. in Graz, 2000, 28. - From κάμμαρος lower-ital. kammári `spurge', s. Rohlfs ByzZ 37, 53, Wb. No 877, Dawkins JournofHellStud. 56, 4.Page in Frisk: 1,771
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.