- ἁμαμηλίς
- ἁμαμηλίς, -ίδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `a tree or bush with edible fruits', prob. `medlar, Mespilus germanica' (Hp.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Description in Ath. 14, 650 c-e; the speakers are uncertain about the plant, also about the name: also ὁμομηλίς, ἐπιμηλίς (`which resembles ...'). Prob. `which blossoms at the same time as the apple-tree'. S. Strömberg Gr. Wortstud. 32Page in Frisk: 1,85
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.