Ἁπαλώτερος τρύχνου
more tender than trychnon
Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Look under tru/xnon .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁπαλώτερος τρύχνου· ζήτει ἐν τῷ τρύχνον.
Betacode
*(apalw/teros tru/xnou: zh/tei e)n tw=| tru/xnon.
Notes
- tau 1119.
(On trychnon, see LSJ s.v.; it was the name for a bewildering range of different plants and fruits.)
Despite having every appearance of being a proverb, no such phrase occurs in the paroemiographers.