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νάρδος , ἡ,
A.spikenard, Nardostachys Jatamansi, Thphr.HP9.7.2, Nic. Th.604, LXX Ca.1.12, Ev.Marc.14.3; “ν. Ἰνδική” Dsc.1.7, etc.; “νάρδου στάχυς” Gal.12.84, al.; cf. sq.
2. ν. Κελτική Celtic nard, Valeriana celtica, Dsc.1.8, cf. Plin.HN14.107.
3. ν. ὀρεινή or ὀρεία mountain nard, Valeriana Dioscoridis, Dsc.1.9 (cf. Thphr.HP 9.7.4).
4. ν. Συριακή Syrian nard, Cymbopogon Iwarancusa, Dsc. 1.7, cf. Plin.HN12.45.
5. νάρδου ῥίζα ginger grass, Cymbopogon Schoenanthus, Arr.An.6.22, cf. 7.20.
6. ν. ἀγρία, = ἄσαρον, Dsc. 1.10; = φοῦ, ib.11.
II. oil of spikenard, PSI6.628.7 (iii B.C.), AP6.250 (Antiphil.), Aret.CD2.2, etc.; “ν. Βαβυλωνιακή” Alex.308. (Semitic word, cf. Bab. lardu.）
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Old Testament, Canticles, 1.12
    • New Testament, Mark, 14.3
    • Aretaeus, De curatione diuturnorum morborum libri duo, 2.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.45
    • Arrian, Anabasis, 6.22
    • Arrian, Anabasis, 7.20
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