LEXICON OF ORIENTAL WORDS IN ANCIENT GREEK

ἀδοριού <Semitic; Roman period>

👉 ἀδοριού – a Syrian gloss with the meaning of γιγγίδιον prob. ‘sekakul (Malabaila secacul (Mill.) Boiss.)’ (Dsc. 2.137 RV).

⚠ Dsc. 2.137 RV: γιγγίδιον· (...) Σύροι ἀδοριού (...) – “Gingidium: (...) the Syrians (call it) adoriu (...)”.

🅔 Without etymology. Cf. an old comparison to Syriac ʾdlʾ ‘perennial peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium L.)’.

📖 Ref.: cf. Löw 1881: 414.