- ὄσπριον
- ὄσπριονGrammatical information: n., mostly pl.Meaning: `pulse, legumen' (IA.).Other forms: late also -εον.Compounds: Compp., e.g. ὀσπριο-πώλης m. `pulse trader' (Att. inscr.), ὀσπρ-ηγός (\< *ὀσπρε-ηγός, Schulze Kl. Schr. 430 n. 4) `ὄ. transporter' (Abydos V--VIp).Derivatives: ὀσπρι-ώδης 'ὄ.-like' (Aq., Orib.), -γίτης m. (-γ- spirantic hiatus-indicator) `pulse trader, pulse planter' (pap. VIp); ὀσπρ-εύω `to sow with ὄ.' (Att. inscr.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: No etymology; prob. a LW [loanword] (Chantraine Form. 55). IE hypotheses by Ehrlich Betonung 120f. (to σπεῖρον `cover'), by Strömberg Wortstud. 47 f. (to σπείρω `sow').Page in Frisk: 2,435
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.