- λάθυρος
- λάθυρος (λᾰ-)Grammatical information: m., pl. also -αMeaning: `a kind of pulse, chickling, `Lathyrus sativus' (hell.); λαθυρίς f. name of a purging plant, `Euphorbia Lathyris' (Dsc., Gal.); from there Lat. (Gloss.) latridus f. (André Les ét. class. 24, 41 f.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: No etym. The only remote resemblance of the name of lentil, Lat. lens, Slav., e.g. OCS lęšta, Russ. ljača, does not point to relationship and also makes loans from a common source improbable. S. W.-Hofmann and Vasmer Wb. s. vv. The structure points to a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,71
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.