- κρίνον
- κρίνονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `white lily' (IA.), also name of a dance (Apolloph.; s. Lawler AmJPhil. 65, 75ff.).Other forms: pl. κρίνεα, -εσινCompounds: Some compp. as κριν-άνθεμον `houseleek, ἡμεροκαλλές' (Hp., Ps.-Dsc.), καλαμό-κρινον `kind of κάλαμος, that reminds κρίνον' (Aët.; Strömberg Wortstudien 13).Derivatives: κρίνινος `of lilies' (pap., Gal.), κρινωτός `ornamented with lilies' (Aristeas); κρινωνιά `bed of lilies' (Suid.), `lily' (Thphr.); Scheller Oxytonierung 71; cf. also ἰωνιά (s. ἴον).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Foreign word; cf. Schrader-Nehring Reallexikon 2, 11. Hehn, Kulturpflanzen 245. - Fur. 245 (unclear).Page in Frisk: 2,20
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.