δαφοινός
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
δάφνη
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
daphnē
English translation (word)
laurel (Laurus nobilis)
Transliteration (Etymon)
daphoinos
English translation (etymon)
ruddy
Century
1 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Theologiae Graecae compendium 32, ll. 62-63
Ed.
C. Lang, Cornuti theologiae Graecae compendium, Leipzig, 1881
Quotation
ἡ δὲ δάφνη καίπερ δαφοινή τις οὖσα στέμμα αὐτοῦ ἐστιν
Translation (En)
And the laurel (daphnē), although it is ruddy (daphoinē), so to speak, is his wreath
Parallels
Mauropus, Etymologica nominum 455 (Δάφνη δαφοίνη, κἂν κάῃς, φωνεῖ μέγα)
Modern etymology
Loanword (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has δάφνη as the name of the tree
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Implicit derivational etymology, but the τις οὖσα signals that it is an etymology. The name of the plant is etymologized after its color. The etymology requires a syncope of the diphthong /oi/