ἐλελίσφακος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐλελίσφακον (elelísphakon), λελίσφακος (lelísphakos)

Etymology

ἐλελίζω (elelízō) +‎ σφάκος (sphákos)

Noun

ἐλελίσφακος • (elelísphakos)

1. Greek sage, Salvia triloba

Derived terms

• ἐλελισφακίτης (elelisphakítēs)

Descendants

• Greek: ἁλισφακιά (halisphakiá), αλιφασκιά (alifaskiá)
• → Arabic: أَلِسْفَاقِن (ʔalisfāqin), أَلْإِسْفَاقُس (ʔalʔisfāqus), أَلْأَسْفَاقُس (ʔalʔasfāqus), أَلِسْفَاقُس / أَلَسْفَاقُس (ʔalisfāqus / ʔalasfāqus), إِسْفَاقُس (ʔisfāqus), أَسْفَاقُس (ʔasfāqus)
  • → Middle Armenian: ալիսֆաղին (alisfaġin)
• → Armenian: եղեսպակ (eġespak)
• → Latin: elelisphacos

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 406