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(ἀνάγυρις, -ρος, ἄκοπον; anágyris, -ros, ákopon in Dioscorides 3,150 [1. 158 f.] = 3,157 [2. 360], Plin. HN 27,30 etc., modern Greek ἀνδράβανα; andrávana) is the common Mediterranean leguminous malodorous bush A. foetida L. with a tangy odour and cabbage-like flower, in antiquity used as a medicinal plant, e.g. the leaves as a laxative and the seed to induce vomiting. The proverb ἀνάγυριν κινεῖς [anágyrin kineîs; 3.109] means to touch something unpleasant (cf. Zenob. 2,55 and 3,31).

Hünemörder, Christian (Hamburg)