- σφάγνος
- σφάγνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: name of a bush, = ἐλελίσφακον, ἀσπάλαθος (Diocl. Fr., Dsc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)Etymology: Unexplained. On a wrong connection with Lat. fungus s. W.-Hofmann s. v. -- Furnée 124 compares σφάκος `sage-apple, salvia; tree-moss' and φάγνος `salvia' (gloss.) and φάσκον `kind of moss (Thphr., φάσκος H.). Given the variants Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,825
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.