- σκόλυμος
- σκόλυμοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: name of a kind of thistle with eatable flower-bottom, `Scolymus hispanicus, artichoke, Cynara scolymus' (Hes., Alc., Arist. etc.; on the meaning Dawkins JHSt. 56, 6).Other forms: f., -ον n.; σκόλυμον (Zonar.). On σκόλυβος s. belowDerivatives: σκολυμ-ώδης 'σ.-like' (Thphr.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)Etymology: Unexplained. On the formation cf. ἔλυμος and the many plant-names in -αμος, -αμον, e.g. κύαμος, βάλσαμον, which are most loans without etymology. Hypotheses by Groselj Živa Ant. 4, 175 (to σκόλλυς). -- The resembling σκόλυβος ὁ ἐσθιόμενος βολβός H. is influenced by βολβός [?] and other plant-names in -βος (after Specht Ursprung 267 old variation μ σκόλυμος β; to be rejected). -- The variation β\/μ is a well known Pre-Greek phenomenon (there is no reason to explain the fact away).Page in Frisk: 2,736
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