Ruby's Greek Thread

[Ruby Novacna]

Word EVA opchedey
The word opcheedey (opcheedoy in Takahashi) serves as a label for one of the plants on page 89v2.


I read this word as ophu8i9 and it can be transcribed by several Greek words:

• ὀφείδιον = ὀφίδιον – a kind of fish; Dim. of ὄφις – serpent, a creeping plant, guinea-worm;
  
• ἀφειδίας, gen of ἀφειδία – generosity, liberality; unsparing treatment;
  
• ἀφειδέως, Aeol. and Ion for ἀφειδῶς, adv. – freely, lavishly; without mercy;
  
• ἀφύδιον, Dim. of ἀφύη – small fry of various fishes.
  

Among these four variants we can perhaps eliminate fish from the outset, although there are plants that are used for fishing.
Is it a creeping plant or a plant used against snake bites?