κρόμμῠον, τό,
Epic dialect κρόμῠον, onion, Allium Cepa, [[ κρομύοιο λοπόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.233; κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.630, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.125, 4.17; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus, “Lys.” 798, etc.; κελεύω κρόμμυα ἐσθίειν, ={κλαίειν κελεύω}, 6th c.BC: Bias Lyricus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.83. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 τὰ κ. the onion-market, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 304. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II κ. σχιστόν, a variety of Allium Cepa, shallot, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 7.4.7. (Written κρόμμυον in “PCair.Zen.” 269.4, 300.3, “PSI” 4.332.13, “PPetr.” 3p.328 (all 3rd c.BC), frequently in codices (confirmed by metre in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus, etc.); κρόμυον 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] [same places] (perhaps for the sake of meter), [[ “POxy.” 1584.23 (2nd c.AD), “Stud.Pal.” 22.75.8 (3rd c.AD), etc.: probably assim. from κρέμμυον, compare place-name Κρεμμυών 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.)