γαρουλέου

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an unattested Etruscan *𐌙𐌀𐌓𐌖𐌋𐌄 (*χarule), according to Pittau (2013). It is an hapax recorded by Pedanius Dioscorides in volume IV of his work De materia medica. First attested in c. 1st century. Given its dubious status, the term has no secure etymology in Etruscan itself and is therefore thought to be part of a Mediterranean substrate.

Possibly akin to Sardinian galileu (“pollen; royal jelly”) and maybe also ghirielle (“wild chrysanthemum”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γᾰρουλέου • (gărouléou) ? (indeclinable)

  1. crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)
    Synonyms: βούφθᾰλμον (boúphthălmon), κᾰ́λθα (kắltha), κᾰ́λχη (kắlkhē), χᾰλκᾰ́νθεμον (khălkắnthemon), χᾰ́λκᾰνθον (khắlkănthon), χᾰλκᾰ́ς (khălkắs), χᾰλκῖτῐς (khălkîtĭs), χουρζητά (khourzētá), χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον (khrūsắnthemon)

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