ὀρόβαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀροβάδιον (orobádion)

Etymology

From ὄροβος (órobos, “chickpea”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈro.βaks/ → /oˈro.vaks/

• (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

1. 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