LEXICON OF ORIENTAL WORDS IN ANCIENT GREEK

ἀσφός <Egyptian; Roman period>

👉 ἀσφός (v.l. ἄσφος) – an Egyptian gloss with the meaning of βαλλωτή ‘black horehound (Ballota nigra L.)’ (Dsc. 3.103 RV).

⚠ Dsc. 3.103 RV: βαλλωτή ἢ μελαμπράσιον· (...) Αἰγύπτιοι ἀσφός, οἱ δὲ ἐσκί (...). – “Ballōtē ē melamprasion (black horehound): (...) the Egyptians (call it) asphos or eski (...)”. Cf. ἐσκί.

🅔 An Egyptian word without etymology.