Γίγαρτον

grape-stone

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Jul 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] the covering of the grape.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γίγαρτον· τὸ ἔνδυμα τῆς σταφυλῆς.

Betacode

*gi/garton: to\ e)/nduma th=s stafulh=s.

Not really: see gamma 265 on the plural of this neuter noun. Hesychius glosses the singular (as here) with the phrase th=s stafulh=s to\ e)/ndon, "the inside of the grape"; the Suda's e)/nduma looks like a slip. In any event, Latte on Hesychius s.v. regards these entries as stemming from Numbers 6.4 LXX (genitive case).