- ὄλυνθος
- ὄλυνθοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `wild, verdant fig' (Hes. Fr. 160, 1, Hdt. 1, 193, Hp., Thphr., LXX).Other forms: Also ὄλονθος.Compounds: As 1 member in ὀλυνθο- (ὀλονθο-)φόρος 'bearing ὄλ.' (pap.) with -έω (Thphr.).Derivatives: ὀλύνθ-η f. `wild fig-tree, ἐρινεός' (Paus.). -άζω `to caprificate, ἐρινάζω' (Thphr.; cf. Strömberg Theophrastea 169).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Technical Pre-Greek word with νθ-suffix. Note bolunda ὄλυνθος (Corp. Gloss Lat. 2, 517, 40), s. Alessio Studi etr. 18, 138 f. -- Cf. μηλολόνθη, ὁδόλυνθος. As -ονθ- is very rare, the second ο will be due to assimilation; Furnée 358 compares ῎ ῎Ολομπος. As o was not a phoneme in Pre-Greek, ὄλυνθος will continues αλ-, with a \> o before u. The Latin b- points to orig. F.Page in Frisk: 2,384
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.