- ἄργεμον
- ἄργεμονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `white spot in the eye, albugo' (Hp.), also plant name (Plin.).Other forms: also -ος m.Derivatives: ἀργεμώνη `Papaver Argemone' (Crateuas), a remedy against ἄργεμος; cf. Chantr. Form. 208not from Hebr. 'argāmān `red purple' (Lagarde Gött. Abh. 35, 205, cf. Lewy Fremdw. 49f.), a.o. because of the meaning.Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [64] *h₂erǵ- `brilliant white'Etymology: To *ἄργος in ἀργεστής, ἀργεννός like ἄνθεμον to ἄνθος; but this relation is difficult (q.v.); cf. Chantr. Form. 132. Further to1. ἀργός.Page in Frisk: 1,131
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.