Ancient Greek

Noun

βούνῐον • ‎(boúnion) n ‎(genitive βουνῐ́ου); second declension

1. (botany) earthnut, Bunium ferulaceum
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.775
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 4.123
   1. (οἶνος διὰ βουνίου) the aromatic wine of earthnuts
      • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Materia medica 5.46
   2. vervain, Verbena officinalis
      • PMag. 3.333
      • Ps.-Dsc. 4.59
2. diminutive of βουνός ‎(bounós), hillock
   • Inscr.Prien. 42.41

Declension

Synonyms

• (vervain): περιστερεών ‎(peristereṓn)

Descendants

• Latin: būnion
  • Translingual: Bunium

References

• βούνιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «βούνιον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «βούνιον» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)