- ἀψίνθιον
- ἀψίνθιον, ου, τό (Hippocr. et al.; X., An. 1, 5, 1; PSI 1180, 55; StudPal XX, 27, 9; PRyl IV ind.; Pr 5:4 Aq.; Jer 9:15; 23:15; so in rabb.) and ἄψινθος, ου, ἡ (Aretaeus [II A.D.], χρονίων νούσων θερ. 1, 13 Hude; on the art. s. Mussies 197) a plant of the genus ‘Artemisia’, proverbially bitter to the taste, yielding a dark green oil (the rendering wormwood derives from its association with medicinal use to kill intestinal worms) τὸ ἐλάχιστον ἀ. a very little bit of wormwood Hm 5, 1, 5. In imagery, water changed to wormw., i.e. the water became bitter as wormw. Rv 8:11b. As name of a star, and (prob. because of ὁ ἀστήρ) masc. ὁ Ἄψινθος ibid. a (s. Boll 41f).—DELG s.v. ἄψινθος.
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