telephilon

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plant used in Ancient Greece in divinatory rituals regarding matters of love or sex. uncountable
    — Sophronia sat, lost. In deep muse. Round her ebony chair Lay the cracked leaves of the telephilon.

词源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τηλέφιλον (tēléphilon); ? from a Pre-Greek word, possibly altered to reflect τῆλε (têle, “far, afar”) + φίλον (phílon, “beloved, love”).
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