ἀφλοφώ <Egyptian; Roman period>
👉 ἀφλοφώ (v.l. ἀφλοφο) and ἀφλοφώ (a conjecture; mss.: ἀλλοφώ, ἀλλοφή) – an Egyptian gloss with the meaning of λινόζωστις ‘mercury (Mercurialis annua L.)’ (Dsc. 4.189 RV).
⚠ Dsc. 4.189 RV: λινόζωστις ἄρρην· (...) Αἰγύπτιοι ἀφλοφώ, οἱ δὲ Ἑρμοῦ βασίλειον (...). – “Linodzōstis arrēn (male version of mercury): (...) the Egyptians (call it) aphlophō or Hermu basileion (‘diadem of Hermes’) (...)” and λινόζωστις θήλεια· (...) Αἰγύπτιοι ἀφλοφώ (...). – “Linodzōstis thēleia (female version of mercury): (...) the Egyptians (call it) aphlophō (...)”. Cf. the Egyptian gloss in Ps.-Apul., Herb. 83 (app. crit.): altof ‘id.’.
🅔 An Egyptian word without etymology.