- κάρδαμον
- κάρδαμονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `nose-smart', `Lepidium sativum' (X., Ar.).Other forms: Also παρδαμάλη (Phot.).Compounds: As 1. member in καρδάμωμον, haplological for καρδαμ-άμωμον n. `cardamum' (Thphr., Dsc.; on the formation Schwyzer 263).Derivatives: καρδαμίς = κάρδαμον (Nic., Plu.; after κεδρίς a. o., Chantraine Formation 343); καρδαμίνη `id.', also = σισύμβριον a. o. (Dsc.; Chantraine 204); καρδαμάλη `Persian cake from κάρδαμον' (Trypho ap. Ath.; as ἀμυγδάλη a. o.); καρδαμίζω "talk cress", i. e. `talk nonsense' (Nic. Th. 617). - Sideform καρδάνη `id.' (Gloss.; after βοτάνη?).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Among the plant names in -αμον (Schwyzer 494, Chantraine 133) there are several clear loan-words, so will be κάρδαμον. Doubtful suggestion in Strömberg Wortstudien 38: from *κάρδος = κράδος `twig' in καρδίδιον, ἀνα-, κατακάρδιον. Not better Grošelj Razprave 2, 41: to σκόροδον. - Skt. kardamaḥ is a further unknown plant, so connection with κάρδαμον remains uncertain\/improbable; cf. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v. - -αμον is a Pre-Greek suffix, Fur. 64 n. 269. The word has been connected with Hitt. karšani `an alcalic plant', Fur. 252.Page in Frisk: 1,786-787
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