ὠροβισμένοι κεχορτασμένοι ἀπὸ τῶν βοῶν

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `chickpea, Vicia Ervilia', pl. `the seed of the same' (Hp., D., Arist., Thphr.).

Compounds: Some compp., e.g. ὀροβ-άγχη f. name of a weed "smotherer of the ὄρ.", `Cuscuta' (Thphr., Dsc., Gp.; Strömberg Theophrastea 194). πεντ-όροβος (- ώρ-; comp. length.) m. prop. "with five ὄρ.", name of the γλυκυσίδη, usu. metaph. of an architectural ornament (hell. inscr., Dsc., Plin.).

Derivatives: 1. Diminut.: ὀρόβ-ιον n., also `flour made of ὄρ.' (Hp., Ph., Dsc.), = χρυσοκόλλης εἶδος H.; - άδιον n. = ὀρόβαξ (Ps.-Dsc., s.below). 2. - ίας m. name of a kind of ἐρέβινθος and a kind of λίβανος (Thphr., Dsc.). 3. - ίτης m. ( λίθος) name of a ορ.-like stone (D. S., Redard 59), - ῖτις f. `prepared χρυσόκολλα' (Plin.). 4. - αξ f. = γλυκυσίδη (Ps.-Dsc.), - ακχος σίδης pl. `fruit of the pomegranate' (Nic.), - άκχη βοτάνη τις. οἱ δε τῆς ῥοιᾶς τοὺς καρπούς H. 5. - ηθρον n. plantname = ὑποκισθίς (Ps.-Dsc.; cf. θορύβ-, κόπ-ηθρον a.o. and Chantraine Form. 373 f.). 6. - ινος `of ὄρ.' ( ἄλευρον; Ph., Dsc.). 7. - ιαῖος `of the size of a ὄρ.' (Dsc.). 8. ὠροβισμένοι κεχορτασμένοι ἀπὸ τῶν βοῶν (leg. ὀρόβων?) H.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Like ἐρέβινθος, Lat. ervum a. o. old LW [loanword], prob. from the eastern mediterranean area. In ὄροβος: ervum Schulze KZ 48, 236 (Kl. Schr. 81) wants to see an old ablaut as in ὀρός: serum ; ὄροβος in any case not with J. Schmidt KZ 32, 325 from *ἔροβος assimilated. Further s. ἐρέβινθος and in WP. 1, 145, Pok. 335.

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