ἑλλέβορος, Ion.
ἐλλ-,ὁ,
A. hellebore, Hp. Acut. 23 , Aph. 4.13 , Thphr. HP 9.10.1 , etc. (ἑ. λευκόςwhitehellebore, Veratrum album, Dsc. 4.148 ;ἑ. μέλας hellebore, Helleborus orientalis(orcyclophyllus), ib. 162 ); given to the insane, Hp. Vict. 1.35 : hence,πῖθ' ἑλλέβορον, i.e. you are mad, Ar. V. 1489 ;ἑλλέβορον ἤδη πώποτ' ἔπιες; Men. 69 (prob.l.); ἐλλέβορον πῖσαι
Hp. Fract. 11
, cf. Str. 9.3.3 , etc.; πικρότερον ἑλλεβόρου
AP 5.28
(Cillactor).
2.
= σησαμοειδὲς τὸ μέγα , Dsc. 4.149 .
II.
= ἐλλόβιον , of women, Ar. Fr. 320.6 , Nicostr. 33 , cf. Hsch.