Κίτρον

citron

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Jul 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] the fruit [of the citron-tree].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κίτρον· ὁ καρπός.

Betacode

*ki/tron: o( karpo/s.

A Latin loan-word. See generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.83A-85C (3.25-29 Kaibel), attributing to 'Pamphilus in the Glosses' the remark that Romans call kitron what Greeks call kitrion (Citrus medica; see LSJ s.v.).