- ὀπιτίων
- ὀπιτίωνGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `a plant with a bulb', perh. Buneum ferulaceum (Thphr.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Furnée 240 compares οὔιτον `an Egyptian truffle'; ουιτον τὸ ὑπ' ἐνίων οἰτόν H. beside ἴτον a Thracian mushroom (Ath. 2, 62a v.l. οἰτόν (iton Plin.), which he analyses as (ὀ)Ϝιτον; he further connects ὕδνον, οἴδνα. The forms point to a Pre-Greek word.
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.