ας (ἡ) scammonée (Convolvulus scammonia L.) plante purgative, ARSTT. Probl. 1, 41, 43 ; DIOSC. 4, 171.

(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. [σκαμωνία 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.]