ῥάμνος, ἡ,
name of various prickly shrubs, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 14.5, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.57, 21.36, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.2.2, “IG” 14.352 ii 32 (from Halaesa)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Box-thorn, Lycium europaeum, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.90, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.14.7 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ῥ. λευκή (λευκοτέρα [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus [same place])] Refs 1st c.AD+] Stone buckthorn, Rhamnus graeca, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.18.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥ. μέλαινα Black buckthorn, R. oleoides, [[[prev. passage] ] Refs]