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Κρινωνιά · lily-garden (κ 2431) · Suda

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Near κ2431

κ2427with lily crowns
κ2428Krinis, Crinis
κ2429lily
κ2430judge for me Lord
κ2431lily-garden
κ2432to ram-batter
κ2433Krios, Crios, Krioa, Crioa
κ2434ram, battering ram
κ2435ram

Suda/Κ kappa/κ2431

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Κρινωνιά

lily-garden

Translated by Catharine Roth31 May 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

botany
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology

5 words

Translation

[Meaning] a meadow of lilies.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κρινωνιά· ὁ τῶν κρίνων λειμών.

Betacode

*krinwnia/: o( tw=n kri/nwn leimw/n.

Notes

This noun occurs four times in Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants.
cf. iota 493, rho 207.

Linked from3 entries

ι493Ἰωνιάviolet-bed[Meaning] a meadow of violets. Just like r(odwnia/ ["rose-bed"], [a meadow] of roses, and krinwnia/ ["lily-bed"], [a meadow] of lilies.
κ2429Κρίνονlily[Meaning] the flower [of that name]. [So called] from discrimination. For this reason also the [process] of discrimination is called a lily which withers easily and falls quickly. For this reason also the colocynth is…
λ364Λειμώνmeadow[leimw/n, genitive] leimw=nos: [meaning] a flowery place.

Neighbouring entries

κ2429Κρίνονlily κ2430Κρῖνόν μοι κύριεjudge for me Lord κ2431Κρινωνιάlily-garden κ2432Κριοκοπεῖνto ram-batter κ2433ΚριόςKrios, Crios, Krioa, Crioa

Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Nov 2014

25 Nov 2014tweak — Catharine Roth
20 Mar 2013coding — Catharine Roth
18 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
2 Jun 2006augmented notes — David Whitehead
31 May 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κρινωνιά (Adler number kappa 2431), trans. Catharine Roth, 31 May 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2431

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