Ἡδύγαιον
cucumber, gourd
Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo20 Nov 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Something which has fine soil [sc. to grow in].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡδύγαιον· τὸ καλὴν ἔχον γῆν.
Betacode
*(hdu/gaion: to\ kalh\n e)/xon gh=n.
Notes
- The headword term is poorly attested, but see esp. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.74B [3.5 Kaibel], citing Heraclides of Tarentum. See also Hesychius eta143, spelled
h(duge/wn .
Cf. Lexicon Ambrosianum, Ambrosianus B12 sup. 77r (while Laurentianus 59.16 fol.187v also has the readingh(duge/wn ).