ἀράχιδνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to ἄρακος (árakos, a leguminous plant).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀράχιδνα • (arákhidna) f (genitive ἀρᾰχίδνης); first declension

  1. ground pea (Lathyrus amphicarpos)
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 1.1.7
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 1.6.12

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀράχιδνα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123

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