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ἄψινθος

MainId: 000892000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0894

AlternateLemmas: Ἄψινθος

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 000892001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m./f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἄψινθος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 000892001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 3.21

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Plants

      LEXSubDomains: Plants That Are Not Trees

      LEXForms: Ἄψινθος

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-18 17:08:14

         DefinitionShort: a particularly bitter herb with medicinal value

         Glosses: wormwood

         Comments: In {S:06600801100016} it may be better to speak of the star as ‘bitterness,’ for example, ‘the name of the star is Bitter’ or ‘… Bitterness.’ It is, of course, also possible to speak of the star as ‘Bitter Plant’ or ‘Bitter Herb.’ A rendering of ἄψινθος as ‘wormy wood’ would be completely misleading and would provide no basis for understanding the second part of verse 11, for which see {D:79.43}. (The English term wormwood is derived from the use of the plant as a medicine to kill intestinal worms.)

      LEXReferences: REV 8:11

      LEXLinks: flora:5.2.7

   2. LEXID: 000892001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 79.43

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Features of Objects

      LEXSubDomains: Sweet, Bitter, Tasteless

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-18 17:08:14

         DefinitionShort: the taste of wormwood, a bitter-tasting herb used as a cure for intestinal worms. Compare {D:3.21}.

         Glosses: ['bitter', 'bitter like wormwood']

         Comments: As already noted in {D:3.21}, the meaning of {L:ἄψινθος} in {S:06600801100032} is not that the waters turned into a particular plant but that the waters came to be as bitter as the plant in question.

      LEXReferences: REV 8:11