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1 κάρπασον
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: name of `a plant with poisonous sap', `white hellebore, Veratrum album' (med., Orph.);Compounds: ὀπο-κάρπασον (Dsc.; Lat. opocarpathon) = ὀπὸς καρπάσου (= Lat. sucus carpathi, Plin.), after ὀπο-βάλσαμον; ξυλο-κάρπασον (Gal.) after ξυλο-βάλσαμον (Risch IF 59, 287).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Lat. carpathum with th for - σ- points to foreign (mediterranean) origin; both forms already in Myc. A form with dental is found also in the name of the island Κάρπαθος, which was named after the plant (Bogiatzides Άθ. 29, 72ff.); here also the PlN Καρπασία (Cyprus). The s-form also came in Latin ( carpasum, carbasa). - Derivation from καρπός (Brugmann Sächs. Ber. 1899, 185) is of course unthinkable. - The variation θ \/ σ is typical for Pre-Greek and points to a -ty-.Page in Frisk: 1,792Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κάρπασον
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2 ξυλοκάρπασον
ξῠλο-κάρπᾰσον, τό,A wood of flax, Gal.19.738.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ξυλοκάρπασον
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ξυλοκάρπασον — ξυλοκάρπασον, τὸ (Α) το ξύλο τού φυτού λίνον, τού λιναριού. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξύλον + κάρπασον «είδος φυτού»] … Dictionary of Greek
