- σίλλυβον
- σίλλυβονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: name of `an edible thistle' (Dsc., Ruf. ap. Orib., H.); σίλλυβα pl. `fringes, tassels' (Poll., H.) with σιλλυβιᾶν (cod. σικυλλιᾶν) τὸ τοὺς κροσσοὺς ἀποσείεσθαι H.; from there σίλλυβος `strip of parchment or paper attached to scrolls' (Cic. Att.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained; for the formation cf. on the one hand plant names as ὄροβος, σκόλυβος, on the other hand the synonymous ὄχθοι-βος, κόσυμβος a. o. mostly dark words (Chantraine Form. 261 f.). -- Cf. σίλλυβος. -- Furnée 67 derives the word from *tit(o)l-obh \> sisl-ub-, comparing Lat. titulus, which was orig. a "Anhängsel an Schriftrollen."Page in Frisk: 2,706
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.