ὀρόβαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὀροβάδιον (orobádion)

Etymology

From ὄροβος (órobos, “chickpea”).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈro.baks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈro.βaks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈro.vaks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈro.vaks/

Noun

ὀρόβαξ • (oróbax) f

common peony (Paeonia officinalis)
Synonyms: ᾱ̓γλᾰοφῶτῐς (āglaophôtis), γλαβρήνη (glabrḗnē), γλυκυσίδη (glukusídē), μήνιον (mḗnion)

Further reading

“ὀρόβαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὀρόβαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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