ἀσφόδελος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σποδελός (spodelós)
  • σφοδελός (sphodelós)

Etymology

A Pre-Greek word, as is shown by the variants. Furnée further compares σφονδύλιον (sphondúlion), which would show pre-nasalization. A speculative attempt by Biraud, who finds the same suffix in στυφελός (stuphelós), ζάφελος (záphelos) and ῥάκελος (rhákelos).

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Noun

ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos) m (genitive ἀσφόδελου); second declension

  1. The branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus)

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