- κίτριον
- κίτριονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `citron-tree (Citrus medica), citron' (Juba, J., Epidauros IIp, Dsc.); also κίτρον `citron' (Pamphil. ap. Ath. 3, 85c).Compounds: κιτριο-ειδής (Gal.), κιτρό-μηλον `id.' (Dsc., Gp.)Derivatives: κίτρινος `belonging to a citron-tree' (D. C.), also κίτρεος (pap. VIp); κιτρέα f. `citron-tree' (Gp.; after μηλέα etc.); κιτρᾶτον `citron-drink' (Alex. Trall.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Lat.Etymology: From Lat. citrium, citrum, citreus, citrātus, which all go back on citrus `citron-tree', which itself is somehow connected with Gr. κέδρος (s. v.) and perhaps through Etruscan came from Greek. - W.-Hofmann s. citrus with lit.Page in Frisk: 1,860-861
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.