Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

ὀπός (opós, juice) +‎ -ῐον (-ion)

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

ὄπῐον (ópionn (genitive ὀπῐ́ου); second declension

  1. poppy juice, opium

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Descendants edit

References edit

  • ὄπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ὄπιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ափիոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 365a
  • Ḥasandūst, Moḥammad (Winter 1997), “دربارهٔ چند لغتِ یونانیِ دخیل در زبان فارسی [On several Greek loanwords in Persian]”, in The Quarterly Journal of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature [Name-ye Farhangestan][1], volume 8, archived from the original on 2013-10-19, page 92