Ancient Greek

Noun

ἄλυσσον • ‎(álusson) n

1. name of a certain plant used for curing madness; according to LSJ, specifically madwort (Farsetia clypeata → Fibigia clypeata) and Galen's madwort (Sideritis romana)

Descendants

• Greek: αλύσσο ‎(alýsso)
• Arabic: ألوسن ‎(ālūsan)
  • Middle Armenian: ալուսան ‎(alusan)
• Latin: alysson
  • French: alysse, alysson
  • New Latin: alyssum
    • English: alyssum
    • Translingual: Alyssum

References

• ἄλυσσον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «ἄλυσσον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἄλυσσον» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• 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, page 76
• Farsetia+clypeata at The Plant List
• Sideritis+romana at The Plant List