- κορίαννον
- κορίαννονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `coriander, Coriandrum sativum'; also κορίανδρον (Gloss.), dissimilated κολίανδρον (Gp., Sch.); κορίαμβλον (H.); (Anakr., Kom., Thphr.)Other forms: shortened κόριον (Hp., Nic., pap.)Dialectal forms: Myk. korijadono, koria₂dana = \/korihadnon\/.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Mediterranean. The Form -ανδρον is prob. folketymological, as is -αμβλον (after ἀμβλύς?); the short form κόριον with allusion to κόρις `bug' (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 61?; because of the stench?). Cf. Hatzidakis Glotta 2, 297f. Szemerényi, Gnomon 43 (1971) 674 points to the comparison with Akkad. huri'ānu `id.'; but this does not explain the Myc. -d-. The Myc. -dn- points to a Pre-Greek word. (I doubt about the folk-etym. supposed by Frisk.)Page in Frisk: 1,922
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