λυχνῖτις
λυχνῖτις, candlewick, Verbascum mallophorum
λυχν-ῖτις, ιδος, ἡ,
- candlewick, Verbascum mallophorum, the leaves of which served as lampwicks, Plin. HN 25.121, BGU 485.10 (ii A. D.); = φλομίς, Dsc. 4.103.
λυχνῖτις -ί̄τῐδος, ἡ [λύχνος ] bot. lychnitis, a plant Diosc.2 4.103 Plin. 25.121, see λομίς.
λυχνῖτις, ίτιδος [ῑτῐδ] adj. f.: φλομίς, Diosc. 4, 104, plante dont les feuilles séchées servent de mèches.
Étym. λύχνος.