σκαμμωνία

σκαμμων-ία (and σκαμωνία), ἡ,

• scammony, Convolvulus, Scammonia, from the roots of which the purgative medicine Scammony is extracted, Eub. 19, Arist. Pr. 864a4, b13, Thphr. HP 4.5.1, 9.1.3, al., Dsc. 4.170; also σκαμμώνιον, τό, Nic. Al. 565; σκαμώνειον, Anon. Lond.37.19; cf. ἀσκαμωνία, κάμων. [σκᾰμωνία Eub. l.c.; the spelling with one μ is found also in Thphr. HP 9.1.4 codd., 9.9.1 codd., Sor. 1.125, Hsch., and as v.l. in Dsc. l.c.; cf. σκαμώνειον; but σκαμμώνιον is corroborated by the metre in Nic. l.c.]