G2238 — ἡδυοσμος
ἡδύοσμον (ἡδύς and ὀσμή), sweet-smelling (Pliny,jucundeolens); neuter τό ἡδυοσμος as a substantive garden-mint (equivalent to μινθη, Strabo 8, 3, 14, p. 344; Theophrastus, hist. plant. 7, 7; cf. caus. plant. 6, 22 (20)), a kind of small odoriferous herb, with which the Jews used to strew the floors of their houses and synagogues; (it was called by them מִינְתָּא, see Buxtorf, Lex. talm. under the word, p. 1228 (p. 623, Fischer edition)): [Mat 23:23]; [Luk 11:42]. (BB. DD.)
* ἡδύ - οσμος , - ον
( < ἡδύς , ὀσμή ),
sweet-smelling; as subst ., τὸ ἡ ., mint: [Mat 23:23], [Luk 11:42]. †