Jastrow: אִיסְפַּרְגּוֹס

אִיסְפַּרְגּוֹס, אִסְפַּ׳ m. (ἀσπάραγος) 1) asparagus, also shoots of cabbage, like asparagus in form. Ned. VI, 10 if one vows abstinence from cabbage אסור בא׳ he is forbidden to eat asparagus (the latter being considered a species of the genus ‘cabbage’). Tosef. Dem. IV, 5 לקנב את הא׳ שׁבו to cut off the stalks thereon (and throw the remainder away). —2) asparagus, a beverage of wine or beer with asparagus. Ber. 51ᵃ. Pes. 110ᵇ. Kidd. 70ᵃ אי׳ דקריוה וכ׳ aspar. as the educated call (the morning drink). [Yalk. Gen. 34 איספרגוס read אִיסְפַרְגִּיס (σφραγίς) seal, v. סְפַרְגִּיס.]