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κάμμαρος

κάμμαρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κᾰμμᾰρῐ́ς (kammarís), κᾰ́μᾰρος (kámaros), κᾰ́μμορον (kámmoron)

Noun

κᾰ́μμᾰρος (kámmaros) m (genitive κᾰμμᾰ́ρου); second declension

  1. a kind of lobster or shrimp
    • 540 BCE – 450 BCE, Epicharmus, Collected Works 60
    • Sophr. 26
    • Rhinth. 18
  2. (medicine) a kind of aconite (used as a cooling medicine)
    1. larkspur, Consolida ajacis
      • Ps.-Dsc. 3.73
    2. mandrake, Mandragora officinarum
      • Ps.-Dsc. 4.75

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Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), κάμμαρος 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 631