Ἐλαΐδας
olive-trees
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Apr 2005Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] trees of the olive.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐλαΐδας· ἐλαίας δένδρη.
Betacode
*)elai/+das: e)lai/as de/ndrh.
Notes
- The headword is accusative plural -- evidently quoted from somewhere, but not otherwise attested -- of
e)lai+/s ; cf. epsilon 729, epsilon 743, epsilon 764.
In Hesychius epsilon1853 the singulare)lai+/s is followed by the glossai)gi/lwy , the name of some other kinds of plants (Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 5.15.5, Enquiry into Plants 3.8.2; Pliny the Elder, Natural History 19.95).