LEXICON OF ORIENTAL WORDS IN ANCIENT GREEK

ἀσοντηρί <Egyptian; Roman period>

👉 ἀσοντηρί (v.l. ἀσοντιρί) – an Egyptian gloss with the meaning of ἅλιμος ‘tree purslane (Atriplex halimus L.)’ (Dsc. 1.91 RV).

⚠ Dsc. 1.91 RV: ἅλιμος· (...) Αἰγύπτιοι ἀσφοιί, οἱ δὲ ἀσοντηρί, οἱ δὲ ἀσελλοηρί, οἱ δὲ ἀσαραφί (...). – “Halimos (tree purslane): (...) the Egyptians (call it) asphoii or asontēri or aselloēri or asaraphi (...)”. Cf. ἀσαραφί, ἀσελλοηρί and ἀσφοιί.

🅔 An Egyptian word without etymology.