κρόμμῠον,τό, Ep.
κρόμῠον,
A. onion, Allium Cepa, κρομύοιο λοπόν
Od. 19.233
; κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον
Il. 11.630
, cf. Hdt. 2.125 , 4.17 ; freq. in Ar.,Lys. 798 , etc.;κελεύω κρόμμυα ἐσθίειν,
= κλαίειν κελεύω , Bias ap. D.L. 1.83 .
2. τὰ κ. the onion-market, Eup. 304 .
II. κ. σχιστόν,a variety of Allium Cepa, shallot, Thphr. HP 7.4.7 . (Writtenκρόμμυονin PCair.Zen. 269.4 , 300.3 , PSI 4.332.13 , PPetr. 3p.328 (alliii B. C.), freq. in codd. (confirmed by metre in Ar. , etc.); κρόμυον
Hom.
ll.cc. (perh. metri gr.), POxy. 1584.23
(ii A. D.), Stud.Pal. 22.75.8
(iii A. D.), etc.: prob. assim. fr.κρέμμυον, cf. place-name Κρεμμυών
B. 17.24