- σέσελι
- σέσελιGrammatical information: n.,Meaning: `small hortwort, Tordylium officinale' (Hp., Arist., Thphr., Dsc. a. o.)Other forms: -ις f., also σίλι n. (Plin.); cf. also σιλλικύπριον n. des. of an Egypt. tree (Hdt. 2, 94; Strömberg Pfl.namen 127).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.Etymology: Foreign word like πέπερι, κιννάβαρι a. o.; after Ps.-Dsc. Egypt. name for καυκαλίς. Cf. Nencioni Arch. glottol. it. 33, 125 f. Lat. LW [loanword] seselis, sil.Page in Frisk: 2,693
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.