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Γήσεια · horn onions (γ 260) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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γ257earth's statue
γ258earth's weight
γ259earth's navel
γ260horn onions
γ261horn onions
γ262horn onion
γ263acts the giant
γ264giant-like

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Γήσεια

horn onions

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jul 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

botany
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
food

4 words

Translation

[A kind of] onions.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γήσεια· κρόμυα.

Betacode

*gh/seia: kro/mua.

Notes

The headword (neuter plural), spelled thus, occurs only here, but cf. gamma 261, gamma 262.

Linked from2 entries

γ261Γήτειαhorn onionsA type of plant, resembling a leek.
γ262Γήτειονhorn onion[Meaning] the wild-leek. Aristophanes [writes]: "[don't] beat this man with a horn onion." "I will give you early-morning gifts of an evergreen horn onion and the dewy drops sprayed from my mouth." And elsewhere…

Neighbouring entries

γ258Γῆς βάροςearth's weight γ259Γῆς ὀμφαλόςearth's navel γ260Γήσειαhorn onions γ261Γήτειαhorn onions γ262Γήτειονhorn onion

Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Jun 2012

7 Jun 2012Revised — David Whitehead
7 Jun 2012Revised — David Whitehead
9 Jul 2002added note and keyword — David Whitehead
8 Jul 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Γήσεια (Adler number gamma 260), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 8 Jul 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/gamma/260

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗