νάρδος?
Second declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration: nardos
Principal Part:
νάρδος
νάρδου
Structure:
ναρδ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Etym.: Prob. a foreign word.
Sense
- nard plant, spikenard, nardin, muskroot.
- nard oil, a highly prized ointment made from the plant.
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἔστω δὲ καὶ τῆς Ῥίζης τῆς νάρδου βραχὺ ξὺν τοῖσι τέττιξι ἀφεψηθεῖσι . (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 296)
- ἔχειν δὲ τὴν ἔρημον ταύτην καὶ νάρδου ῥίζαν πολλήν τε καὶ εὐόδμον καὶ ταύτην ξυλλέγειν τοὺς Φοίνικας: (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 22 5:1)
- Καὶ ὄντος αὐτοῦ ἐν Βηθανίᾳ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ Σίμωνος τοῦ λεπροῦ κατακειμένου αὐτοῦ ἦλθεν γυνὴ ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτελοῦς συντρίψασα τὴν ἀλάβαστρον κατέχεεν αὐτοῦ τῆς κεφαλῆς. (, chapter 10 191:1)
- ἡ οὖν Μαριὰμ λαβοῦσα λίτραν μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτίμου ἤλειψεν τοὺς πόδας [τοῦ] Ιἠσοῦ καὶ ἐξέμαξεν ταῖς θριξὶν αὐτῆς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ: (, chapter 6 346:1)
- ἀρωματοφόρος δὲ νάρδου μάλιστα καὶ σμύρνης, ὥστε τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου στρατιὰν ὁδεύουσαν ἀντὶ ὀρόφου καὶ στρωμάτων τούτοις χρῆσθαι, εὐωδιαζομένην ἅμα καὶ ὑγιεινότερον τὸν ἀέρα ἔχουσαν παρὰ τοῦτο: (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 2 6:2)
