γαρουλέου

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an unattested Etruscan *𐌙𐌀𐌓𐌖𐌋𐌄 (*χarule), according to Pittau (2013). It is an hapax recorded by Pedanius Dioscorides in volume IV of his work De materia medica. First attested in c. 1^st century CE.. Given its dubious status, the term has no secure etymology in Etruscan itself and is therefore thought to be part of a Mediterranean substrate.

Possibly akin to Sardinian galileu (“pollen; royal jelly”) and maybe also ghirielle (“wild chrysanthemum”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɣa.ruˈle.u/ → /ɣa.ruˈle.u/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ruˈle.u/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.ruˈle.u/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣa.ruˈle.u/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣa.ruˈle.u/

Noun

γᾰρουλέου • (garouléou) ? (indeclinable)

1. crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)

   Synonyms: βούφθᾰλμον (boúphthalmon), κᾰ́λθα (káltha), κᾰ́λχη (kálkhē), χᾰλκᾰ́νθεμον (khalkánthemon), χᾰ́λκᾰνθον (khálkanthon), χᾰλκᾰ́ς (khalkás), χᾰλκῖτῐς (khalkîtis), χουρζητά (khourzētá), χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον (khrūsánthemon)

Further reading

• γαρουλέου in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Pittau, Massimo (2013), “Toponimi della Sardegna Meridionale. Significato e origine”, at pittau.it