Ἐρυσίβη
mildew
Translated by David Whitehead24 Dec 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] certain small creature found in grain, which ruins the crop. Some [define it as] a disease occurring in the seeds; or the dusty destruction of the grain.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐρυσίβη· θηρίδιόν τι ἐν τῷ σίτῳ γινόμενον, ὃ λυμαίνεται τὸν καρπόν. τινὲς νόσον ἐπιγινομένην τοῖς σπέρμασιν· ἢ ἡ κονιορτώδης φθορὰ τοῦ σίτου.
Betacode
*)erusi/bh: qhri/dio/n ti e)n tw=| si/tw| gino/menon, o(\ lumai/netai to\n karpo/n. tine\s no/son e)piginome/nhn toi=s spe/rmasin: h)\ h( koniortw/dhs fqora\ tou= si/tou.
Notes
- Also in Photius and other lexica; and cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 609A, where this term appears.
See also epsilon 3112.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Feb 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- expanded note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead