- κάρπασον
- κάρπασονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: name of `a plant with poisonous sap', `white hellebore, Veratrum album' (med., Orph.);Dialectal forms: Myc. women's names Kapasija, KapatijaCompounds: ὀπο-κάρπασον (Dsc.; Lat. opocarpathon) = ὀπὸς καρπάσου (= Lat. sucus carpathi, Plin.), after ὀπο-βάλσαμον; ξυλο-κάρπασον (Gal.) after ξυλο-βάλσαμον (Risch IF 59, 287).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Lat. carpathum with th for -σ- points to foreign (mediterranean ) origin; both forms already in Myc. A form with dental is found also in the name of the island Κάρπαθος, which was named after the plant (Bogiatzides Άθ. 29, 72ff.); here also the PlN Καρπασία (Cyprus). The s-form also came in Latin (carpasum, carbasa). - Derivation from καρπός (Brugmann Sächs. Ber. 1899, 185) is of course unthinkable. - The variation θ \/ σ is typical for Pre-Greek and points to a -ty-.Page in Frisk: 1,792
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.