- κρῆθμον
- κρῆθμονGrammatical information: (-ος) n. (m.)Meaning: `samphire, Crithmum maritimum' (Hp., Call., Nic., Dsc.).Other forms: also -ος, and κριθ- and κρίταμονOrigin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unexplained; prob. foreign word, cf. Chantraine Formation 133. The word would not be `foreign, as it is indigenous in Greece; this would however be in favour of a Pre-Greek = `foreign' origin. The plant would have (Suz. Amiques, RPh. LXXIV (2000) 272) its name because it has its grains like grain (thus Dsc. II 129).Page in Frisk: 2,15
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.