Scindapsus
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'Skindapsos' often appears with 'blituri', but may be traced back even further, if it is represented by the poetic genitive 'kindapsoio' in Timon's parody of Zeno (DL 7.15 = Timon fr. Lloyd-Jones and Parsons). At Syrianus in Metaph. 84,16 Kroll ... --David L. Blank |
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Scindapsus is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family consisting of close to 40 species. It is also a classic nonsense word.
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History of the name
Claudius Aelianus (Aelian, 2-3 cc., De Natura Animalium XII.44-46, XVII.18), uses the word in relation to an Indian musical instrument used for taming the wild elephants.
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See also
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