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Βλήχων · pennyroyal (β 338) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near β338

β334Blêdas, Bledas
β335blittery, blah-blah
β336bleating
β337bleating, sheepish
β338pennyroyal
β339pennyroyal posset
β340faint
β341to handle, to squeeze; to attempt
β342sluts

Suda/Β beta/β338

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Βλήχων

pennyroyal

Translated by Jennifer Benedict17 Apr 2002Vetting: high8 revisions

botany
comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
gender and sexuality
geography
+2
- imagery
- medicine

3 notes · 27 words

Translation

[The same as] glh/xwn. Thus it is called by the Attic [writers].¹ It is a type of plant.² And thus Aristophanes calls [sc. trimmed female] pubic hair.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βλήχων· ἡ γλήχων. οὕτως λέγεται παρὰ Ἀττικοῖς. ἔστι δὲ εἶδος βοτάνης. καὶ τὸ ἐφήβαιον Ἀριστοφάνης οὕτως ὀνομάζει.

Betacode

*blh/xwn: h( glh/xwn. ou(/tws le/getai para\ *)attikoi=s. e)/sti de\ ei)=dos bota/nhs. kai\ to\ e)fh/baion *)aristofa/nhs ou(/tws o)noma/zei.

Notes (3)

See also beta 339.
1blh/xwn is the Attic form, while glh/xwn is the Ionic (and gla/xwn the Doric); cf. gamma 287. ↩
2Pennyroyal, a plant of the mint family (Mentha pulegium), is native to most parts of Europe and has slightly hairy oval-shaped leaves and whorled clusters of deep purple or lilac blue colored flowers. It was esteemed by Pliny and other ancient writers for its powers of purification. ↩
3Aristophanes, Lysistrata 89 (web address 1 below). See generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 135 #129: 'pennyroyal is used jokingly by Lysistrata to refer to the Boeotian girl's neatly depilated campus muliebris, with a clever reference to the smooth, fertile plains of that region'.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

β339Βληχωνίαpennyroyal possetAristophanes [writes]: "so does it seem to you that I would be hurt, o master Hermes, if I banged Opôra after so long? -- No; at any rate not if you should drink a cup of pennyroyal posset." Scholion: for those who eat…
δ843Διὰ χρόνουafter a timeMeaning after a long time. "[Trygaeus] "Does it seem to you that I would be hurt, master Hermes, if I banged Opôra after a time?" -- [Hermes] "No, not if you should drink a cup of pennyroyal potion". For those who eat a…

Neighbouring entries

β336Βληχὴbleating β337Βληχώδηςbleating, sheepish β338Βλήχωνpennyroyal β339Βληχωνίαpennyroyal posset β340Βληχρόνfaint

Revision history8 revisions · last 26 Aug 2015

26 Aug 2015 — David Whitehead
23 Jun 2012cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Jun 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
29 May 2012betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Apr 2002 — David Whitehead
18 Apr 2002augmented notes — David Whitehead
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17 Apr 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βλήχων (Adler number beta 338), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 17 Apr 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/338

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗