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μῶλυ

μῶλυ, moly, mandrake

μῶλῠ, τό,
  • moly, a fabulous herb, Od. 10.305, cf. Com.Adesp. 641; cf. μῶλυς II.
    • II in later writers, garlic, Allium nigrum, Thphr. HP 9.15.7, Dsc. 3.47; cf. μώλυζα.
      • 2 a kind of πήγανον ἄγριον growing in Cappadocia, ib. 46.
      • 3 = ἠρύγγιον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.21.
      • 4 = στρύχνον ὑπνωτικόν, Plin. HN 21.180. (Cf. Skt. mū´lam ‘root’, mūlakarma ‘magical use of roots’.)

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