μανδραγόρας

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Unexplained. Maybe from Old Persian *merdum gija (plant of humans), but it could be a folk-etymological adaptation of a foreign word.

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Noun edit

μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς (mandragórāsm (genitive μᾰνδρᾰγόρου); first declension

  1. mandrake (Mandragora officinarum)
    Synonyms: ἀλοῖτις (aloîtis), μώριος (mṓrios)

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